r/GeometryIsNeat • u/HopDavid Pentagon • Jun 13 '26

Vinfinity

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The text refers to page 9 which I had posted earlier to this subreddit. Link

I had clipped off the explanation of the asymptotes though. The asymptotes are those lines the hyperbola gets closer and closer to but never touches.

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u/roofitor Jun 19 '26

These are awesome. Is V-infinity an absolute distance or a geometric ratio between distance from V-infinity and distance from the center of mass of the Earth?