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  Re: how to make an ellipsoid at exact place?  
From: Tim Attwood
Date: 20 Aug 2006 20:04:15
Message: <44e8f87f@news.povray.org>
Mathematically, if you scale-down a sphere in y
to become an ellipsoid, the foci along the x-axis become
+- MR*e*sqrt(-e/(e*e-1))
where e is the eccentricity (scale amount), and
where MR is the major radius.


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