Euler line

In any triangle,
the centroid, circumcenter and orthocenter alway
s lie on a straight line, called the Euler line.
Try this Drag any orange dot on a vertex of the triangle.
The three dots representing the three centers will always
lie on the green Euler line.
In the 18th century, the Swiss mathematician Leonhard
Euler noticed that three of the many centers of a
triangle are always collinear, that is, they always lie on a
straight line. This line has come to be named after him -
the Euler line. (His name is pronounced the German way
- "oiler"). The three centers that have this surprising
property are the
triangle's centroid , circumcenter and orthocenter.
In the figure above (press 'reset' first if necessary) the
centroid is the black middle point on the line. The
circumcenter is the magenta point on the left, and the
orthocenter is the red point on the right. As you drag any
of the triangle's vertices around, you can see that these
points remain collinear, all lying on the green Euler line.
The three centers involved each have their own page
describing them, but here is a brief overview:
Centroid
The centroid is the point where the
three medians converge. In the figure above click on
"show details of Centroid". The medians (here colored
black) are the lines joining a vertex to the midpoint of the
opposite side. See Centroid of a Triangle for more.
Circumcenter
The circumcenter is the point where the perpendicular
bisectors of the triangle's sides converge. In the figure
above click on "Show details of Circumcenter". The three
perpendicular bisectors (here colored magenta) are the
lines that cross each side of the triangle at right angles
exactly at their midpoint. SeeCircumcenter of a
Triangle for more.
Orthocenter
The orthocenter is the point where the three altitudes of
the triangle converge. In the figure above click on "Show
details of Orthocenter". The three altitudes (here colored
red) are the lines that pass through a vertex and are
perpendicular to the opposite side. See Orthocenter of a
Triangle for more.


Nagel Line

The Nagel line is the term proposed for the first time in this
work for the line on which the incenter , triangle centroid
, Spieker center Sp, and Nagel point Na lie. Because
Kimberling centers and both lie on this line, it is
denoted and is the first line in Kimberling's
enumeration of central lines containing at least three collinear
centers (Kimberling 1998, p. 128).
The Kimberling centers lying on the line
include (incenter ), 2 (triangle centroid ), 8 (Nagel
point Na), 10 (Spieker center Sp), 42, 43, 78, 145, 200, 239,
306, 386, 387, 498, 499, 519, 551, 612, 614, 869, 899, 936,
938, 975, 976, 978, 995, 997, 1026, 1103, 1125, 1149, 1189,
1193, 1198, 1201, 1210, 1644, 1647, 1698, 1714, 1722, 1737,
1961, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2057, 2340, 2398, 2534, 2535, 2664,
2999, 3006, 3008, 3009, 3011, and 3017.
The Nagel line is central line , so its trilinear equation is
(1)
The Nagel line satisfies the remarkable property of being its
own complement, and therefore also its own anticomplement.
The incenter , Spieker center Sp, Nagel point Na, and triangle
centroid satisfy the distance relations

(2)


(3)

The Nagel line is the radical line of the de Longchamps
circle and Yff contact circle.