Pitch angle of a spiral
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Pitch angle of a spiral
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In the geometry of spirals, the pitch angle or pitch of a spiral is the angle made by the spiral with a circle through one of its points, centered at the center of the spiral. Equivalently, it is the complementary angle to the angle made by the vector from the origin to a point on the spiral, with the tangent vector of the spiral at the same point. Pitch angles are frequently used in astronomy to characterize the shape of spiral galaxies. Logarithmic spirals are characterized by the property tha
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Property of spirals
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