Re: Is the earth orbiting the sun in an anticlockwise direction?

Date: Wed Oct 28 21:02:13 1998
Posted By: Matthew Buynoski, Senior Member Technical Staff,Advanced Micro Devices
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 909585002.As

Message:


If you define the Earth's north pole as the "up" direction for the solar
system, then both the Earth's spin on its axis and the direction of its
rotation around the sun are counterclockwise when viewed from above.

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