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From: spock@iham1.UUCP (Ed Weiss)
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Subject: Re: "At the moment Uranus's south pole points..."
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Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 20:42:29 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 20:42:29 1986
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Summary: Definition of "North Pole"

In article <860217-235409-1418@Xerox>, Murray.pa@XEROX.COM writes:
> How do I tell which end is North and which is South? I assume that the
> "North" pole of Mars is the one that's pointing roughly parallel to the
> North pole of Earth. That doesn't transfer to Uranus very well.

I believe you can define "North Pole" as:
	When looking at this pole from a position perpendicular to the
	plane of the equator, the planet has a counter-clockwise spin.

This isn't anywhere near a precise definition, but you get the idea.
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