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  Re: Closest points on two circles  
From: Edward Coffey
Date: 25 Mar 2003 09:00:27
Message: <3E80642A.3040301@alphalink.com.au>
Sir Charles W. Shults III wrote:
>     To find the closest points on any pair of circles, simply draw a line from
> center to center.  Then locate the points on each circle that the line passes
> through.

This only works when both your circles are sitting on the same plane, 
not when they may take any orientation in 3D space.


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