WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Tangent Plane to a Sphere

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longitude θ
0
latitude ϕ
0
z1
The equation of the tangent plane to a sphere of radius
r
and center at the origin at latitude
θ
and longitude
ϕ
is
xcos(θ)sin(ϕ)+ysin(θ)sin(ϕ)+zcos(ϕ)=
2
r
.