to it?
2007-08-24 15:20:49 · 5 answers · asked by theedge2343 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Vertical with respect to our orbit around our sun and the alignment of our poles.
2007-08-24 15:27:14 · update #1
Because there is no reason to align in the first place.
The gravitational coupling of the rotating galaxy is weak.
The collapse of an interstellar gas cloud to form a star system is triggered by the shock wave from nearby supernova, those can be anywhere: "above" (in a galactic sense) "below", and at any angle. This this initial collapse could be done from any direction, and star systems orbital plane could thus be any angle.
2007-08-24 15:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Earth is tilted on it's axis, and because we can't set up an "extensive" measurement to find our axis, seeing as we only have nearby stars to guess at our true alignment, Earth could be severly disorientated to many things, including the rest of the Milky Way because there is no true vertical, horizontal, north, south, east, west, and any combination of two.
2007-08-24 22:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan K.S. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the whole sky appears to rotate around the North Star. So if you change you location, you could wind up somewhere where the milky way is horizontal.
2007-08-24 22:29:13 · answer #3 · answered by sdenison1983 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who's to say what is 'Vertical' in outer space ? Vertical with repect to what ?
2007-08-24 22:26:29 · answer #4 · answered by Norrie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
^ +1
This is no up down in space. Impossible.
2007-08-24 22:27:15 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋