Formally, a sphere is the set of points that are all at the same distance r from a given point in three-dimensional space. [2] . That given point is the center of the sphere, and r is the sphere's radius. The earliest known mentions of spheres appear in the work of the ancient Greek mathematicians. More @Wikipedia
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