Rolling Circles

A small circle is rolled inside or outside a larger circle; you can vary the ratios of their radii. As the small circle rolls around the bigger one, it leaves the trajectory of a point (shown as a small sphere) and one of its diameters. The trajectories of the spheres represent specific mathematical curves.

 
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