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In geography, the antipode (from Greek αντίποδες , from anti- "opposed" and pous "foot"; pronounced /ænˈtɪpəˌdiːz/ ) of any place on Earth is the point on the Earth's surface which is di...
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Antipodal point - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In mathematics, the antipodal point of a point on the surface of a sphere is the point which is diametrically opposite it — so situated that a line drawn from the one to the other passes through the...
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For every point on earth, there is another ... Pretty much all of the continental United States has antipodal points in the middle of the Indian Ocean. There are two small islands in that ocean, however, Ile Amsterdam and Ile St. Paul, owned by France. The antipodal points for these islands land in rural Colorado:
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The correct plane is unique except for two points directly opposite each other as seen from the earth center. These are called antipodal points. The North and South Poles are one example of an antipodal pair of points.
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In 2006, Ze Frank challenged viewers of his daily webcast the show with zefrank to create an "Earth sandwich" by simultaneously placing two pieces of bread at antipodal points on the Earth's surface. The challenge was successfully completed by viewers in Spain and New Zealand.[5]
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Sci-Tech Dictionary: antipodal points ... In mathematics, the concept of antipodal points is generalized to spheres of any dimension: two points on the sphere are antipodal if they are opposite through the centre; ... For the geographical antipodal point of a place on the Earth, see antipodes.
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He claimed that if you assumed the earth was a sphere and that its temperature distribution was continuous on the sphere then you could always find antipodal points with the same temperature. i.e. that there always exists two opposite points on the earth with the same temperature under those two assumptions.
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This topic also gives rise to the Hairy Ball theorem, and the result that there are always two antipodal points on earth with the exact same temperature and pressure.
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Abstract : The problem of determining the route of the geodesic between equatorial, nearly antipodal points on the ellipsoid of revolution has been apparent to geodesists for some time.
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