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-<sect1 id="ai-greatcircle">
-<sect1info>
-<author
-><firstname
->Jason</firstname
-> <surname
->Harris</surname
-> </author>
-</sect1info>
-<title
->Great Circles</title>
-<indexterm
-><primary
->Great Circles</primary>
-<seealso
->Celestial Sphere</seealso>
-</indexterm>
-<para
->Consider a sphere, such as the Earth, or the <link linkend="ai-csphere"
->Celestial Sphere</link
->. The intersection of any plane with the sphere will result in a circle on the surface of the sphere. If the plane happens to contain the centre of the sphere, the intersection circle is a <firstterm
->Great Circle</firstterm
->. Great circles are the largest circles that can be drawn on a sphere. Also, the shortest path between any two points on a sphere is always along a great circle. </para
-><para
->Some examples of great circles on the celestial sphere include: the <link linkend="ai-horizon"
->Horizon</link
->, the <link linkend="ai-cequator"
->Celestial Equator</link
->, and the <link linkend="ai-ecliptic"
->Ecliptic</link
->. </para>
-</sect1>