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The pro-Ukrainian mapper DeepState, which compiles its maps from open-source intelligence and testimonies from Ukrainian soldiers, added the unprecedented advance to its map on Sunday, located between the two major axes of advance around the strongholds of Pokrovsk and Konstantynivka.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
Orbits are elliptical, and the semi-major axis is the half-diameter of the orbit along the long axis.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
Orbits are elliptical, and the semi-major axis is the half-diameter of the orbit along the long axis.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
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“Major axis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20axis. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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