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From: holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway)
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Subject: Re: "At the moment Uranus's south pole points..."
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Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 12:29:10 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 12:29:10 1986
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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 think "North" probably means the pole that, when looking down directly
above it, the planet seems to be turning counter-clockwise. Is this right?

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Bruce Holloway
Digital Research, Inc.
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