Re: orbits...

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On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Noah Smith wrote:

> The radial distance of a body to another can be given by:
>
> (x+a)^2 + (y+b)^2 = r^2
[snip]
> solve for y.
>
> increment x and watch it go!

y = sqrt(r*r - power(x+a, 2)) - b ?

what if (x + a) > r?  /me rubs head.

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