The number of common tangents to the circles ${x^2} + {y^2} - 4x - 6y - 12 = 0$ and ${x^2} + {y^2} + 6x + 18y + 26 = 0$ is

The centre of a circle which cuts $x^{2}+y^{2}+6x-1=0$,$x^{2}+y^{2}-3y+2=0$ and $x^{2}+y^{2}+x+y-3=0$ orthogonally is

Let $C_1$ be the circle of radius $1$ with center at the origin. Let $C_2$ be the circle of radius $r$ with center at the point $A=(4,1)$,where $1 < r < 3$. Two distinct common tangents $PQ$ and $ST$ of $C_1$ and $C_2$ are drawn. The tangent $PQ$ touches $C_1$ at $P$ and $C_2$ at $Q$. The tangent $ST$ touches $C_1$ at $S$ and $C_2$ at $T$. Midpoints of the line segments $PQ$ and $ST$ are joined to form a line which meets the $x$-axis at a point $B$. If $AB=\sqrt{5}$,then the value of $r^2$ is

The equation of the circle passing through the origin and cutting the circles $x^2+y^2+6x-15=0$ and $x^2+y^2-8y-10=0$ orthogonally is

The circles $x^2+y^2-10x+16=0$ and $x^2+y^2=a^2$ intersect at two distinct points if

The condition for the coaxial system $x^2+y^2+2 \lambda x+c=0$,where $\lambda$ is a parameter and $c$ is a constant,to have distinct limiting points,is