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The New Astronomy

Program 10
Lesson 2.2
Below is an animation which shows how the conic sections are generated by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone.

Below is a series of images that shows the intersection of a plane with a cone at various angles., or click to see a movie of the plane rotating.

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