Re: [Embedded troll] Easy Questions
From: Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (larwe_at_larwe.com)
Date: 05/09/04
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Date: 8 May 2004 16:53:23 -0700
> > The True North Pole is a fixed single point which I understand is on
> > the axis centre.
>
> Which is my question. Is it a "point", and is it "fixed"? Spin a
> billiard ball, and it is mostly fixed and a single point (that will
> change as the ball slows perhaps). But spin a water balloon, which is
> more like the Earth than a billiard ball, and I don't think you'll
Are you referring to the fact that the axis is tilted (w.r.t the
ecliptic plane; it's not at right angles) and that the axis itself
rotates?
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