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To: Tobias Grimsley

It’s in a rather large elliptical orbit as per the diagram.

The Sun is just one focus. Where is the other?..........


25 posted on 05/23/2025 10:38:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
The Sun is just one focus. Where is the other?..........

The ellipse is always symmetrical. The other focus would be at the opposite side of the ellipse, at the same distance to the ellipse itself. Just draw a straight line through the entire ellipse, intersecting the perihelion and the Sun.

In the above image, the foci are at F and F'.

In the case of a perfectly circular orbit, the two foci collapse to a single point.

Regards,

53 posted on 06/14/2025 9:08:31 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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