Two points are antipodal (i.e., each is the antipode of the other) if they are diametrically opposite. Examples include endpoints of a
line segment, or poles of a sphere.
Given a point on a sphere with latitude and longitude
, the antipodal point has latitude
and longitude
(where the sign is
taken so that the result is between
and
).
Antipodal Points
See also
Antipodal Graph, Antipode, Borsuk-Ulam Theorem, Diameter, Great Circle, Lyusternik-Schnirelmann Theorem, Meteorology Theorem, North Pole, South Pole, SphereExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Antipodal Points." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AntipodalPoints.html