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which way is north in space? by schneigl2006-11-19 12:55:59
  a more important and harder to answer question: by pSYCHOi3OY 2003-12-19 12:30:04
which ways are east and west in space?

north can be defined as the direction the north axis of the planet earth points into space, or the line perpendicular to the orbits of the planets, or however you want to call it.

but how would you define east and west in space?

[ Reply ]
    You don't. by subbywan2003-12-19 12:40:21
      Wouldn't it be Polar? by PathOGene2006-11-19 12:55:59
        But where to you define your zero-radius line? by subbywan2003-12-19 13:01:02
          GNP is already defined relative to our galaxy. by mwq2003-12-19 15:10:22
            Yep by PathOGene2003-12-19 15:54:41
              My brain keeps nagging by subbywan2003-12-19 15:56:46
      How can you have a north but not a south? by tigermouse2003-12-19 14:27:36
        Because that's only valid by subbywan2003-12-19 14:31:12
          That's the way astronomers seem to define it by tigermouse2003-12-19 14:53:30
            Tis because of two different applications. by subbywan2003-12-19 14:57:54
              But if you have a network of reference stars by tigermouse2003-12-19 15:12:57

 

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