The geometry of an ellipse is described by two numbers: the ____ which is half the longest diameter of the ellipse and the ____ which tells us the shape of the ellipse.
A) radius, eccentricity
B) radius, deferent
C) semi-major axis, deferent
D) semi-major axis, epicycle
E) semi-major axis, eccentricity
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Q3: The semimajor axis of an ellipse is
A)the
Q4: A(n) _ is a commonly accepted set
Q5: Galileo's telescopic discoveries of mountains on the
Q6: Spring tides occur
A)at new Moon and first-quarter
Q7: The Copernican system was no more accurate
Q9: A(n) _ is a small circle whose
Q10: Ptolemy's model of the universe
A)was heliocentric.
B)included elliptical
Q11: _ occur when the Moon is first
Q12: A(n) _ is well supported (observationally and/or
Q13: Tycho's universe was the same as the
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