3.10.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

3.10.2.1 Beautiful dance of the Earth and Venus around the sun

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/115358/beautiful-dance-of-the-earth-and-venus-around-the-sun

 
I have seen very nice dynamic graphics created by users of Ma. I would like to get help whether the following graphics can be created using Ma. I was not able to create the dynamic picture here.  ...
 

- asked by ramesh (11 votes), answered by ubpdqn (6 votes)

3.10.2.2 How can I draw the Olympic rings with Mathematica?

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/8885/how-can-i-draw-the-olympic-rings-with-mathematica

 
How can I draw the 5 interlocking Olympic rings with Mathematica? 
 
 
 
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Hard choice, but some pretty cool answers here. I didn't have 3D answers in mind when I posted the question,  ...
 

- asked by Mike Honeychurch (41 votes), answered by cormullion (18 votes)