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- https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Precalculus/Book%3A_Precalculus__An_Investigation_of_Functions_(Lippman_and_Rasmussen)/09%3A_Conics/9.02%3A_HyperbolasIn the last section, we learned that planets have approximately elliptical orbits around the sun. When an object like a comet is moving quickly, it is able to escape the gravitational pull of the sun ...In the last section, we learned that planets have approximately elliptical orbits around the sun. When an object like a comet is moving quickly, it is able to escape the gravitational pull of the sun and follows a path with the shape of a hyperbola. Hyperbolas are curves that can help us find the location of a ship, describe the shape of cooling towers, or calibrate seismological equipment. The hyperbola is another type of conic section created by intersecting a plane with a double cone.
- https://math.libretexts.org/Courses/North_Hennepin_Community_College/Math_1120%3A_College_Algebra_(Lang)/04%3A_Conics/4.02%3A_HyperbolasIn the last section, we learned that planets have approximately elliptical orbits around the sun. When an object like a comet is moving quickly, it is able to escape the gravitational pull of the sun ...In the last section, we learned that planets have approximately elliptical orbits around the sun. When an object like a comet is moving quickly, it is able to escape the gravitational pull of the sun and follows a path with the shape of a hyperbola. Hyperbolas are curves that can help us find the location of a ship, describe the shape of cooling towers, or calibrate seismological equipment. The hyperbola is another type of conic section created by intersecting a plane with a double cone.
