@spiceErrorCheck<EOL>def pltnp(point, v1, v2, v3):
point = stypes.toDoubleVector(point)<EOL>v1 = stypes.toDoubleVector(v1)<EOL>v2 = stypes.toDoubleVector(v2)<EOL>v3 = stypes.toDoubleVector(v3)<EOL>pnear = stypes.emptyDoubleVector(<NUM_LIT:3>)<EOL>dist = ctypes.c_double()<EOL>libspice.pltnp_c(point, v1, v2, v3, pnear, ctypes.byref(dist))<EOL>return stypes.cVectorToPython(pnear), dist.value<EOL>
Find the nearest point on a triangular plate to a given point. 

https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/C/cspice/pltnp_c.html

:param point: A point in 3-dimensional space. 
:type point: 3-Element Array of floats
:param v1: Vertices of a triangular plate.
:type v1: 3-Element Array of floats
:param v2: Vertices of a triangular plate. 
:type v2: 3-Element Array of floats
:param v3: Vertices of a triangular plate. 
:type v3: 3-Element Array of floats
:return: the nearest point on a triangular plate to a given point and distance
:rtype: tuple