If you look at a spinning disc from the ‘top’ and it appears to be spinning ‘clockwise’ then from the bottom (underneath) it would appear to be spinning counter-clockwise!
The next question would therefore have to be “are we viewing the galaxy from the top or the bottom” – followed by “does a galaxy actually have a top and bottom”!
And there was I thinking scientists were supposed to be smart……
2007-10-26 03:56:17
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answered by Raj 4
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It is extermely difficult to know what you are actually trying to ask, but you do need to understand that there is no natural 'up' or 'down' in space. Even here on earth, where the earth's gravity gives us an idea of up and down, it is different for every spot on the surface. Once you get into interplanetary space, you lose that reference. The only remaining related clue is the plane in which the planets and asteroids revolve around the sun - but who is to say what is 'above' and what 'below' it? These concepts are meaningless. That said, the N pole is always points in the same direction relative to the plane (the ecliptic), regardless of where the earth is in its orbit around the sun. Think of it as like a gyroscope, whose axis or rotation stays fixed as it moves about. The earth's axis is inclined by 23 1/2 degrees to the plane of its orbit around the sun, so it isn't exactly pointing 'up' or 'down', but somewhere between. Is that what you were talking about?
2016-04-05 08:28:40
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answered by ? 4
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The sun rotates in the same direction as the planets. When viewed from the north, it has a counterclockwise rotation. The rotation is roughly perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic. Because the sun is made up from gases the bands rotate at different speeds.
When viewing the sun; its apparent motion is rising in the east and setting in the west. This is because the earth's rotation is counter from west to east.
2007-10-26 09:18:39
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answered by TicToc.... 7
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There is no direction inspace .We know directioin only with refernce to the Sun ,so to find out the direcxtion of he spinof the sun por its orbit along wiht he galxy willhave to e judged or spoken f wit refenct o tsome other refernce boy which shoud be comparativeluy fixed in reatltion tothe sun and the refence boidy shoud be accepted as beig in the east in realtion to the Just as the sun is neither in the east not in the west to the earth.It is always in the centreof the oprbit of the earth .the earth's spin alone is enabling us to mark the locaionof eh sun as east and west in the morning and the evening respectively.and the warth's poles emable us to mark north and south
2007-10-28 06:08:44
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answered by Infinity 7
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The same way Earth does. From West to East (Assuming the Sun's north pole is in the same hemisphere as Earth's north pole.) It's also the same direction that all the planets in our solar system go about the sun.
2007-10-26 07:29:19
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answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7
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It revolves in the same direction as the planets which revolve around it. That comes from the conservation of angular momentum and the fact that the Sun and planets all formed out of the same slowly 'swirling' cloud of hydrogen and dust.
Doug
2007-10-26 04:02:24
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answered by doug_donaghue 7
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clockwise when you see form top
anticlockwise when you see form bottom
Ha ha
2007-10-26 03:42:25
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answered by Jiya 1
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spaceweather.com
2007-10-26 04:08:26
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answered by B. 7
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