We show that each central configuration in the three-dimensional hyperbolic sphere is equivalent to one central configuration on a particular two-dimensional hyperbolic sphere. However, there exist both special and ordinary central configurations in the three-dimensional sphere that are not confined to any two-dimensional sphere.
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