Spherical distance - spherical distance

Japanese: 球面距離 - きゅうめんきょり
Spherical distance - spherical distance

…There is only one great circle that passes through two points A and B on a sphere, unless A and B are antipodes, but there are an infinite number of great circles if A and B are antipodes. The curve on a sphere that connects two points A and B on a sphere has the shortest length, the (minor) arc of the great circle that passes through A and B, and this length is called the spherical distance between A and B. The area of ​​a sphere with radius r is 4π r 2 , and the volume of the sphere is 4/3π r 3.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "spherical distance" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…球面の2点A,Bを通る大円は,A,Bが対心点でなければただ一つ定まり,A,Bが対心点ならば無数にある。球面の2点A,Bを結ぶ球面上の曲線のうち最小の長さをもつものはA,Bを通る大円の(劣)弧で,この長さをAとBの球面距離という。半径がrの球面の面積は4πr2で,その球の体積は4/3πr3である。…

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