What Do We Customarily Call the Semimajor Axis of a Circular

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What do we customarily call the semimajor axis of a circular orbit? What is the value of the eccentricity of a circle? What might the value of the eccentricity be for a comet on a very elliptical orbit around the Sun?

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Intra-entity Sales

Transactions of goods or services that occur between divisions or subsidiaries within the same parent company, impacting consolidated financial statements.

Equity Income

The earnings derived from an investment in the shares of another company, where the income is recognized in proportion to the ownership percentage.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used by a company to record its investment in another company, based on the entity's net asset value and subsequent earnings and losses.

Accounting Objective

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