ubertroll
So always to tyrants.
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He doesn't understand science, mathematics, or meteorology in the least.
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=322049&page=3
Orbital eccentricity is the ratio between the semimajor axis and the semiminor axis. That is, it is a comparison between aphelion distance and perihelion distance.
As for the earth, it is a Planet [not a panet; it comes from the Greek word for Wanderer]. As for going from circle to ellipse--that would require a major external event, such as a near approach by another massive object. A return from a high eccentricity to a near circular orbit would be night to impossible.
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=322049&page=3
Ishmael said:Orbital eccentricity is the dynamic changing of the foci of the ellipse. A panet can rubber band from a near circular orbit to an exagerated elliptical orbit. The earth does it on a 100K year cycle.
Orbital eccentricity is the ratio between the semimajor axis and the semiminor axis. That is, it is a comparison between aphelion distance and perihelion distance.
As for the earth, it is a Planet [not a panet; it comes from the Greek word for Wanderer]. As for going from circle to ellipse--that would require a major external event, such as a near approach by another massive object. A return from a high eccentricity to a near circular orbit would be night to impossible.
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