Five Point Sphere
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This example demonstrates the geometric construction and properties of a five-point sphere. It involves core mathematical concepts such as sphere, trigonometry, median value, fractions, Pythagorean theorem, and ellipse. The construction utilizes GeoGebra commands/objects like Intersect, Point, Sphere, PointIn, Midpoint, CircleArc, Segment, OrthogonalPlane, and OrthogonalLine. It is suitable for high school and above, particularly for teaching and exploring solid geometry and coordinate geometry.
GeoGebra Commands & Parameters
Intersect(yAxis, zAxis) → APoint(zAxis) → BSphere(A, B) → aPointIn(a) → CPointIn(a) → EPointIn(a) → FPointIn(a) → DMidpoint(B, F) → GMidpoint(B, D) → HMidpoint(B, C) → IMidpoint(B, E) → JMidpoint(C, D) → KMidpoint(C, E) → LMidpoint(C, F) → MMidpoint(D, E) → NMidpoint(D, F) → OCircleArc(A, B, C) → cCircleArc(A, B, D) → dCircleArc(A, B, E) → eCircleArc(A, B, F) → fCircleArc(A, C, D) → gCircleArc(A, C, E) → hCircleArc(A, C, F) → kCircleArc(A, D, E) → pCircleArc(A, D, F) → qCircleArc(A, E, F) → rPoint(c) → PPoint(d) → QPoint(e) → RPoint(f) → SPoint(g) → TPoint(h) → UPoint(k) → VPoint(p) → WPoint(q) → ZPoint(r) → A_1Segment(B, D) → iSegment(B, F) → jSegment(B, E) → lSegment(B, C) → mSegment(C, D) → nSegment(C, E) → sSegment(C, F) → tSegment(D, E) → bSegment(D, F) → f_1Segment(F, E) → g_1OrthogonalPlane(P, m) → p_1OrthogonalPlane(Q, i) → q_1OrthogonalPlane(R, l) → r_1OrthogonalPlane(S, j) → p_2OrthogonalPlane(T, n) → q_2OrthogonalPlane(U, s) → r_2OrthogonalPlane(V, t) → p_3OrthogonalPlane(W, b) → q_3OrthogonalPlane(Z, f_1) → r_3OrthogonalPlane(A_1, g_1) → p_4OrthogonalLine(A, p_1) → h_1Circle(h_1, P) → c_1OrthogonalLine(A, q_1) → i_1Circle(i_1, Q) → d_1OrthogonalLine(A, r_1) → j_1Circle(j_1, R) → e_1OrthogonalLine(A, p_2) → k_1Circle(k_1, S) → s_1OrthogonalLine(A, q_2) → l_1Circle(l_1, T) → t_1OrthogonalLine(A, r_2) → m_1OrthogonalLine(A, p_3) → n_1Circle(n_1, V) → e_2OrthogonalLine(A, q_3) → a_1Circle(a_1, W) → f_2OrthogonalLine(A, r_3) → b_1Circle(b_1, Z) → g_2OrthogonalLine(A, r_2) → h_2Circle(h_2, U) → k_2OrthogonalLine(A, p_4) → i_2Circle(i_2, A_1) → s_2