Talk:Hypotrochoid

Hypotrochoid

Is there a diagram or picture of this movement or design? Anything to illustrate the word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.183.237.150 (talk • contribs) 14 August 2006‎


 * (Animations have now been added to the article. - dcljr (talk) 20:26, 20 October 2015 (UTC))

File:HypotrochoidOutThreeFifths.gif to appear as POTD soon
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Moving the larger circle instead
What is it called when the moving circle is actually larger than the fixed one, not smaller? I don't mean an epitrochoid, where the moving circle is rolling around on the outside of the fixed one; I mean basically take the exact same initial setup shown here to illustrate a hypotrochoid (smaller circle inside and tangent to larger one), but then attach the point to the larger circle, and move the larger circle "around" the smaller, now-fixed, inner circle. What's that called? Is it still called a hypotrochoid? - dcljr (talk) 20:47, 20 October 2015 (UTC)