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  2. Deferent and epicycle - Wikipedia

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    The basic elements of Ptolemaic astronomy, showing a planet on an epicycle (smaller dashed circle), a deferent (larger dashed circle), the eccentric (×) and an equant (•). In both Hipparchian and Ptolemaic systems, the planets are assumed to move in a small circle called an epicycle , which in turn moves along a larger circle called a ...

  3. Concentric objects - Wikipedia

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    The region of the plane between two concentric circles is an annulus, and analogously the region of space between two concentric spheres is a spherical shell. [6] For a given point c in the plane, the set of all circles having c as their center forms a pencil of circles. Each two circles in the pencil are concentric, and have different radii.

  4. Orbital eccentricity - Wikipedia

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    Periodic comets have eccentricities mostly between 0.2 and 0.7, [7] but some of them have highly eccentric elliptical orbits with eccentricities just below 1; for example, Halley's Comet has a value of 0.967. Non-periodic comets follow near-parabolic orbits and thus have eccentricities even closer to 1.

  5. What Trainers Want You to Know About Eccentric Exercise - AOL

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    Eccentric exercise vs. concentric exercise “Eccentric and concentric exercises are just two parts of any movement,” explains Mike Julom, ACE-certified personal trainer, CrossFit athlete, and ...

  6. Concentric spheres - Wikipedia

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    The cosmological model of concentric (or homocentric) spheres, developed by Eudoxus, Callippus, and Aristotle, employed celestial spheres all centered on the Earth. [1] [2] In this respect, it differed from the epicyclic and eccentric models with multiple centers, which were used by Ptolemy and other mathematical astronomers until the time of Copernicus.

  7. Understanding Eccentric vs. Concentric Movement Can ... - AOL

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    Eccentric, concentric, and isometric phases are all distinct parts of most exercises you do in your workouts. Here's what they mean and how to use them. Eccentric, concentric, and isometric phases ...

  8. Eccentricity (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A circle of finite radius has an infinitely distant directrix, while a pair of lines of finite separation have an infinitely distant focus. In mathematics, the eccentricity of a conic section is a non-negative real number that uniquely characterizes its shape.

  9. Spherical circle - Wikipedia

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    A great circle is equidistant to its poles, while a small circle is closer to one pole than the other. Concentric circles are sometimes called parallels, because they each have constant distance to each-other, and in particular to their concentric great circle, and are in that sense analogous to parallel lines in the plane.