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Does anyone know what "north" and "south" mean in the context of the solar system?
by pchristensen 18y ago
Does anyone know what "north" and "south" mean in the context of the solar system?
- kleevr 18y agoTo hazard a blind guess: pole the system rotates around + the right hand rule is North (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-hand_rule http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-hand_rule)
- pchristensen 18y agoBut isn't the solar system (and galaxy) relatively flat? Would it really be 8 billion miles to the heliosheath if you're going perpendicular to the plane of the solar system? Looks like I've got some astronomy to brush up on.