nine-point circle

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The nine-point circle is a fundamental circle in triangle geometry that passes through nine significant points of a triangle, including the midpoints of its sides and the feet of its altitudes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf circle in triangle geometry
geometric object
alsoKnownAs Euler circle NERFINISHED
Feuerbach circle NERFINISHED
nine-point conic
centerLiesOn Euler line NERFINISHED
contains feet of the three altitudes of the triangle
midpoints of segments joining orthocenter to the three vertices
midpoints of the three sides of the triangle
definedFor triangle
existsFor every nondegenerate triangle
hasCenter nine-point center
hasSymmetry invariance under permutations of triangle vertices
homothetyCenter orthocenter of the triangle
homothetyRatio 1/2
isHomotheticTo circumcircle of the triangle
liesInside circumcircle of the triangle
namedAfter Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach NERFINISHED
passesThrough foot of altitude from vertex A
foot of altitude from vertex B
foot of altitude from vertex C
midpoint of segment from orthocenter to vertex A
midpoint of segment from orthocenter to vertex B
midpoint of segment from orthocenter to vertex C
midpoint of side AB
midpoint of side BC
midpoint of side CA
property concyclicity of the nine special points
radiusRelation radius equals half the circumradius in an acute triangle
relatedTo Euler line NERFINISHED
centroid of the triangle
circumcenter of the triangle
orthocenter of the triangle
studiedIn Euclidean geometry NERFINISHED
tangencyPointWithIncircle Feuerbach point NERFINISHED
tangentTo A-excircle of the triangle
B-excircle of the triangle
C-excircle of the triangle
incircle of the triangle
usedIn classical Euclidean constructions
triangle center studies

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Conway circle theorem relatedTo nine-point circle