Category:Definitions/Epitrochoids

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Let a circle $C_1$ of radius $b$ roll around the outside of another circle $C_2$ of radius $a$.

Consider a point $P$ on the line of a radius of $C_1$ at a distance $d$ from the center of $C_1$.

The curve traced out by $P$ is called an epitrochoid.