Mechanics > Gravitation > Orbits

DCS# 1L20.40

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DISSECTIBLE CONE

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APPARATUS

dissectible cone

202-10-B

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DESCRIPTION

Wooden cone is cut to show circle, ellipse, hyperbola and parabola.

NOTES

See http://www-vrl.engin.umich.edu/sel_prj/ibm/cone/links.html for java applets showing conic sections.