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I am looking at the typical sphere-sphere intersection :



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And I was wondering how to reverse the equation to get the radius of the intersecting circle between two spheres.



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Meaning that, given a radius for the intersection and two radii for the spheres, how to calculate the distance between them?






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    I am looking at the typical sphere-sphere intersection :



    enter image description here



    http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sphere-SphereIntersection.html



    And I was wondering how to reverse the equation to get the radius of the intersecting circle between two spheres.



    enter image description here=
    enter image description here



    Meaning that, given a radius for the intersection and two radii for the spheres, how to calculate the distance between them?






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      I am looking at the typical sphere-sphere intersection :



      enter image description here



      http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sphere-SphereIntersection.html



      And I was wondering how to reverse the equation to get the radius of the intersecting circle between two spheres.



      enter image description here=
      enter image description here



      Meaning that, given a radius for the intersection and two radii for the spheres, how to calculate the distance between them?






      geometry







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      I am looking at the typical sphere-sphere intersection :



      enter image description here



      http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sphere-SphereIntersection.html



      And I was wondering how to reverse the equation to get the radius of the intersecting circle between two spheres.



      enter image description here=
      enter image description here



      Meaning that, given a radius for the intersection and two radii for the spheres, how to calculate the distance between them?






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          Edit: There is no need to reverse that equation.

          Simpler formula (thank you, uncle Pythagoras)



          distance  = Sqrt(R^2-a^2) + Sqrt(r^2-a^2)





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                Edit: There is no need to reverse that equation.

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                distance  = Sqrt(R^2-a^2) + Sqrt(r^2-a^2)





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                Edit: There is no need to reverse that equation.

                Simpler formula (thank you, uncle Pythagoras)



                distance  = Sqrt(R^2-a^2) + Sqrt(r^2-a^2)






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