# Movieclip moving in a circle

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-moving-in-a-circle/178097>\
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**Created:** [February 7, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-moving-in-a-circle/178097 "2006-02-07T17:51:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Soul814](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Soul814](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soul814)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-moving-in-a-circle/178097/1 "2006-02-07T17:51:50Z")

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how do you move a circle lets say in the path of a circle. For instance you have a circle at (4,0) and you want to move it around the equation x^2+y^2=16. How would you move it? I know it requires the use of cos and sin. Any ideas?