Epitrochoid

When a circle of radius r rolls around the outside of a fixed circle of radius R, then a point on the radius (or its extension) of the rolling circle traces a curve called an epitrochoid.

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Przemysław Kajetanowicz, March 3, 2014, Created with GeoGebra