public static function boundingCircle2(points:Array):Circle
		{
			//FIRST PASS: find 4 minima/maxima points
			var xmin:Point = new Point(1e+10, 0);
			var ymin:Point = new Point(0, 1e+10);
			var xmax:Point = new Point(-1e+10, 0);
			var ymax:Point = new Point(0, -1e+10);
			
			var i:uint, k:uint = points.length, p:Point;
			for (i = 0; i < k; i++)
			{
				p = points[i];
				if (p.x < xmin.x)
					xmin = p; //New xminimum point
				if (p.x > xmax.x)
					xmax = p;
				if (p.y < ymin.y)
					ymin = p;
				if (p.y > ymax.y)
					ymax = p;
			}
			//Set xspan = distance between the 2 points xmin & xmax (squared)
			var dx:int = xmax.x - xmin.x;
			var dy:int = xmax.y - xmin.y;
			var xspan:int = dx * dx + dy * dy;
			
			//same for y span
			dx = ymax.x - ymin.x;
			dy = ymax.y - ymin.y;
			var yspan:int = dx * dx + dy * dy;
			
			//Set points dia1 & dia2 to the maximally separated pair
			var dia1:Point = xmin; //assume xspan biggest
			var dia2:Point = xmax;
			var maxspan:Number = xspan;
			
			if (yspan > maxspan)
			{
				maxspan = yspan;
				dia1 = ymin;
				dia2 = ymax;
			}
			
			//dia1,dia2 is a diameter of initial circle
			//calc initial center
			var cx:int = (dia1.x + dia2.x) >> 1;
			var cy:int = (dia1.y + dia2.y) >> 1;
			
			//calculate initial radius**2 and radius 
			dx = dia2.x - cx; //x component of radius vector
			dy = dia2.y - cy; //y component of radius vector
			
			var rSq:Number = dx * dx + dy * dy;
			var r:Number = Math.sqrt(rSq);
			
			var t0:Number, t1:Number;
			
			var dSq:Number, d0:Number, d1:Number;
			
			//SECOND PASS: increment current circle 
			for (i = 0; i < k; i++)
			{	//this point is outside of current circle
				p = points[i];
				
				dx = p.x - cx;
				dy = p.y - cy;
				dSq = dx * dx + dy * dy;
				if (dSq > rSq) //do r**2 test first
				{ 
					d0 = Math.sqrt(dSq);
					
					//calc radius of new circle
					r = (r + d0) >> 1;
					rSq = r * r;  //for next r**2 compare
					d1 = d0 - r;
					
					// calc center of new sphere
					cx = (r * cx + d1 * p.x) / d0;
					cy = (r * cy + d1 * p.y) / d0;
				}
			}
			
			return new Circle(cx, cy, r);
		}