2007-11-19 00:48:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Well, because the earth's axis is tilted a little bit, it's sort of to the north of the northern hemisphere. But it's not like it's directly above us - all of the planets in the solar system are basically on one plane, and pluto (not a planet anymore) is off of this plane but still pretty close to in line with the rest of the planets (it crosses above sometimes and below other times).
2007-11-19 00:54:52 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
North and South have absolutely no meaning in three dimensional space.
They only have terrestrial meaning and only because of our planets magnetic field. Not to mention Pluto has an obit around the sun, like our planet, this would continually change it's location relative to the Earth.
2007-11-19 08:54:44 · answer #2 · answered by Brian K² 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
North and South are irrelevant in space. We use directions like north and south, east and west, on earth because we're assuming that the "up/down" location is constant, that being, the surfact of the Earth.
To give an accurate location, you'd have to give the correct location in space AND in time.
2007-11-19 10:10:10 · answer #3 · answered by kyeri y 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"North" and "south" are terms which have no meaning when describing positions in space. Pluto is currently 17 degrees south of the celestial equator, so I guess could be said to be "south" of us, though no astronomer would ever describe it that way.
2007-11-19 08:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
North and south are only directions on our planet in relation to our poles. There is no such thing as north, south, east, west, up, down, etc. in open space. Directions are all about perspective. If you don't have something to base your directions off of, you have no directions at all.
2007-11-20 00:53:50 · answer #5 · answered by Duke Paul-Muad'Dib Atreides 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Currently is appears in the sky 17 degrees south of the celestial equator. But that isn't really the same as being "south of us".
2007-11-19 10:53:31 · answer #6 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Bradbury fan in Yahoo? Cool!
North, of course. Way up North!
Everyone else read "Golden Apples of the Sun"
by Ray Bradbury
2007-11-19 11:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think what you are asking is "Pluto is it in the northern hemisphere sky or the southern hemishpere sky?"
I think since it's mostly outwards It can be seen from both,kind of like the sun only the other way.
2007-11-19 09:01:54 · answer #8 · answered by wise old sage 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither, those are only terms applicable on planet earth
2007-11-19 11:01:38 · answer #9 · answered by warcry80 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's east and down the block!
2007-11-19 08:57:26 · answer #10 · answered by da_zoo_keeper 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋