Elliptical Ellipses from Elliptica

Elliptical Ellipses from Elliptica

A look at the fun and wonderful world of ellipses

Ellipse: the set of all points the sum of whose distances from 2 fixed points is constant.

Elliptical Ellipse Equations:

Vertical

(x-h)^2 + (y-k)^2 =1

a^2 b^2

Horizontal

(x-h)^2 + (y-k)^2 =1

b^2 a^2

The ellipse was first studied by Euclid. Apollonius gave the ellipse its common name. Kepler and Halley were the first to find a real world example of ellipses with planetary and space orbits.

This is Lambeau Field. It is in the shape of an Ellipse.

Ze Cat's gogglez are in ze shape of Ellipsez.

This Spoon's scoopy part is in the elliptical shape of an ellipse.

Ellipses occur naturally in the elliptical orbit of planets

Another example of naturally occurring ellipses

are the paths of electrons orbiting the nucleus

of an atom

Sources:

www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Curves/Elpse.html

knowyourmeme.com/photos/2156

football.ballparks.com/index.htm

http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/vt-2004/Background/Infol2/vt2004-if11-fig1.jpg

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/image/s_wooden-spoon.jpg

Matt Perry's face is very Elliptical