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Eccentric Angle


The eccentric angle of a point on an ellipse with semimajor axes of length a and semiminor axes of length b is the angle t in the parametrization

x=acost
(1)
y=bsint,
(2)

i.e., for a point (x,y),

 t=tan^(-1)((ay)/(bx)).
(3)

See also

Eccentricity, Ellipse

Portions of this entry contributed by David Gau

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Gau, David and Weisstein, Eric W. "Eccentric Angle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EccentricAngle.html

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