Matt McIrvin on Nostr: nprofile1q…ufa4k A graphic designer friend who was playing with Cassini ovals told ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqknzsux7p6lzwzdedp3m8c3c92z0swzc0xyy5glvse58txj5e9ztqaufa4k (nprofile…fa4k) A graphic designer friend who was playing with Cassini ovals told me that Cassini thought planetary orbits had the shape of a convex Cassini oval. Why Cassini believed this, I don't know. But I suppose that for the nearly-circular ones, the difference from an ellipse is small.