title: Estimating aspect ratio of a convex hull
body: <p>What would be the best way to approximate the aspect ratio of a convex hull in Python? I have already tried doing this by fitting the vertices of the convex hull with an ellipse and taking the ratio of the semi- and major-axis. The results are not satisfactory though, so I'm now looking into deriving the aspect ratio directly from the convex hull. Any ideas or solutions would be much appreciated. </p>
  
  <p>Cheers</p>