On 11-10-10 02:36 AM, Onno Meyer wrote:
approximating the swept area with a triangle is only possible for very small angles -- otherwise the circle segment will be a significant part of the circle sector.
Also, this error would be accumulative. For more than one orbit, you would have to reset your calculations to a known starting point.
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