Epicycles on deferents

This applet shows the position of a planet (the red disk) moving on an epicyle about a deferent moving in a cirlular orbit about another planet (the blue disk).

Parameters:
Speed is multiple of the angular speed of the deferent.
Radius is percentage of the radius of the deferent.


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Last modified: 14:01 UTC Tuesday 07 March 2017