Great Circle

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4556.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4556. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Coordinates, Time, And Motion, Positional Concepts

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The circle obtained on the surface of a sphere by the intersection with the surface of a plane which passes through the center of the sphere. Any plane which intersects the sphere but does not pass through the center meets the sphere in a small circle. A great circle is, in fact, the largest possible circle that can be drawn on the surface of a sphere. The shortest distance between two points on ...

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