Distance of closest approach
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Distance of closest approach
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The distance of closest approach of two objects is the distance between their centers when they are externally tangent. The objects may be geometric shapes or physical particles with well-defined boundaries. The distance of closest approach is sometimes referred to as the contact distance. For the simplest objects, spheres, the distance of closest approach is simply the sum of their radii. For non-spherical objects, the distance of closest approach is a function of the orientation of the objects
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Distance between the centers of externally tangent objects
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_of_closest_approach
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2024-02-04T03:26:07Z
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