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The study of geodesics on an ellipsoid arose in connection with geodesy specifically with the solution of triangulation networks. The figure of the Earth is well approximated by an oblate ellipsoid, a slightly flattened sphere. A geodesic is the shortest path between two points on a curved surface, analogous to a straight line on a plane surface.
In geodesy, a map projection of the triaxial ellipsoid maps Earth or some other astronomical body modeled as a triaxial ellipsoid to the plane. Such a model is called the reference ellipsoid. In most cases, reference ellipsoids are spheroids, and sometimes spheres. Massive objects have sufficient gravity to overcome their own rigidity and ...
English: Transpolar geodesic on a triaxial ellipsoid, case A. Vital statistics: a:b:c = 1.01:1:0.8, β 1 = 90°, ω 1 = 39.9°, α 1 = 180°, s 12 /b ∈ [−232.7, 232.7], orthographic projection from φ = 40°, λ = 30°. The geodesic is found by solving the ordinary differential equations for the free motion of a particle constrained to the ...
A geodesic on a triaxial ellipsoid. If an insect is placed on a surface and continually walks "forward", by definition it will trace out a geodesic. The most familiar examples are the straight lines in Euclidean geometry. On a sphere, the images of geodesics are the great circles.
A triaxial ellipsoid and its three geodesics. A geodesic, on a Riemannian surface, is a curve that is locally straight at each of its points. On the Euclidean plane the geodesics are lines, and on a sphere the geodesics are great circles. The shortest path in the surface between two points is always a geodesic, but other geodesics may exist as ...
English: Transpolar geodesic on a triaxial ellipsoid, case B. Vital statistics: a:b:c = 1.01:1:0.8, β 1 = 90°, ω 1 = 9.966°, α 1 = 180°, s 12 /b ∈ [−508.8, 508.8], orthographic projection from φ = 40°, λ = 30°. The geodesic is found by solving the ordinary differential equations for the free motion of a particle constrained to the ...
Triaxial ellipsoidal coordinates. Add languages. Add links. Article; ... Geodesics on an ellipsoid#Triaxial ellipsoid coordinate system; Retrieved from "https: ...
English: Circumpolar geodesic on a triaxial ellipsoid, case B. Vital statistics: a:b:c = 1.01:1:0.8, β 1 = 87.48°, ω 1 = 0°, α 1 = 90°, s 12 /b ∈ [−491.6, 491.6], orthographic projection from φ = 40°, λ = 30°. The geodesic is found by solving the ordinary differential equations for the free motion of a particle constrained to the ...