• In geometry, an axis-aligned object (axis-parallel, axis-oriented) is an object in n-dimensional space whose shape is aligned with the coordinate axes...
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    coordinate for the points in S. Axis-aligned minimal bounding boxes are used as an approximate location of an object in question and as a very simple...
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    iso-oriented, axis-aligned, and axis-oriented polygons. These adjectives are less confusing when the polygons of this type are rectangles, and the term axis-aligned...
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    trans-Neptunian object (ETNO) orbits are suspected to be aligned with the hypothetical Planet Nine while the blue-colored ETNO orbits are anti-aligned. The highly...
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    rotation of an object around its first and third principal axes is stable, whereas rotation around its second principal axis (or intermediate axis) is not....
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    \end{aligned}}} Here I x x {\displaystyle I_{xx}} denotes the moment of inertia around the x {\displaystyle x} -axis when the objects are rotated...
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    Planet Nine (category Hypothetical trans-Neptunian objects)
    alignment also switched, from more aligned to anti-aligned with increasing semi-major axis, and from anti-aligned to aligned with increasing perihelion distance...
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    kinetic energy of the object, and for the forces on the parts of the object, are also simpler for rotation around a fixed axis, than for general rotational...
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  • of area of a rigid body about any axis, given the body's moment of inertia about a parallel axis through the object's center of gravity and the perpendicular...
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    Rotation (redirect from Axis of rotation)
    rotational/rotary motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as an axis of rotation. A plane figure can rotate in either a clockwise...
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  • v 2 r = F c {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}F_{\text{net}}&=ma\\&=ma_{r}\\&={\frac {mv^{2}}{r}}\\&=F_{c}\end{aligned}}} Radial acceleration is used when...
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    {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}b&=a{\sqrt {1-e^{2}}},\\\ell &=a(1-e^{2}),\\a\ell &=b^{2}.\end{aligned}}} The semi-major axis of a hyperbola is, depending...
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  • {\displaystyle J} (for an axis perpendicular to the plane). In both cases, it is calculated with a multiple integral over the object in question. Its dimension...
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  • vary with semi-major axis of the object and if the object is in resonance. At smaller semi-major axes the aligned and anti-aligned regions shrink and eventually...
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    {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}(+x,+y,+z)&&(-x,+y,+z)&&(+x,-y,+z)&&(+x,+y,-z)\\(+x,-y,-z)&&(-x,+y,-z)&&(-x,-y,+z)&&(-x,-y,-z)\end{aligned}}} The coordinates...
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    The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was the military coalition which initiated World War II and fought...
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    instrument attached to it to stay fixed on any celestial object with diurnal motion by driving one axis at a constant speed. Such an arrangement is called a...
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    horizontal axis and time on the vertical axis. Additionally, the time and space units of measurement are chosen in such a way that an object moving at...
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    + X η = y + Y ζ = z + Z {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\xi &=x+X\\\eta &=y+Y\\\zeta &=z+Z\end{aligned}}} Celestial coordinate system Planetary coordinate...
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    accommodate rotation about one axis, leaving the suspended object effectively locked (i.e. unable to rotate) around that axis. The problem can be generalized...
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    {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\mathbf {b} _{x}&=\mathbf {f} _{x}/\mathbf {f} _{w}\\\mathbf {b} _{y}&=\mathbf {f} _{y}/\mathbf {f} _{w}\end{aligned}}} The distance...
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    in the object axis is a line, while the trajectory of any point in the object rim is a cycloid. The velocity of any point in the rolling object is given...
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    object. In most applications the axis of the cylinder is aligned with the vertical direction of the scene. Cylinders are appropriate for 3-D objects that...
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    quadrics. Geometric objects are coaxial if they share the same axis (line of symmetry). Geometric objects with a well-defined axis include circles (any...
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    {\begin{aligned}\mathbf {r} _{i}&=\mathbf {v} _{i}=\mathbf {0} ,\\\mathbf {r} &=\mathbf {R} ,\\\mathbf {v} &=\mathbf {V} ,\\m&=M,\end{aligned}}} ∑ i r...
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    {\begin{aligned}e&\approx nr_{2}\\&=n(i-r_{1})\\&\approx n(i-{\frac {i}{n}})\end{aligned}}} If the incoming ray is parallel to the optical axis and distance...
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    with the camera aligned parallel to the floor and aligned to the coordinate axes, it is first rotated horizontally (around the vertical axis) by ±45°, then...
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  • d r 1 n , {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}H&=-{\frac {f(n-1)d}{r_{2}n}}\\H'&=-{\frac {f(n-1)d}{r_{1}n}},\end{aligned}}} where f is the focal length of...
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    material), u {\textstyle u} is the on-axis (on the optical axis) object distance from the line perpendicular to the axis toward the refraction point on the...
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    lowercase Greek nu, and also n), is the frequency of rotation of an object around an axis. Its SI unit is the reciprocal seconds (s−1); other common units...
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