Loci in Epicyclic Gearing

Input: blue crank.
It is an external epicyclic gear mechanism of two satellite gears.
Zf/Zs = 4
Zf: tooth number of stationary grey gear.
Zs: tooth number of green gear.
Tooth number of yellow gear is arbitrary.
Points on the green gear crank trace various lines.

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