(July 22, 2018 at 8:01 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(July 22, 2018 at 7:49 am)Jehanne Wrote: A dimple is fine in 2D; but, how do we imagine such in 3D?
I can't imagine a dimple on a flat surface in anything other than 3D - dimpling the a flat surface changes two dimensions to three, doesn't it?
Boru
True. But, we live in a 3D world. If a satellite is in orbit about the Sun (say, by NASA), and the eccentricity of its orbit is 0, then, its orbit is a circle. Why does the diameter of its orbit times pi not equal the circumference? And, how can that be visualized?