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To: ItsTheMediaStupid
all planets are in the same plane except Mecury, Earth, and Pluto

Pick a coordinate system and stick to it. Since we are on earth most of the time, we pick earth's orbit as the zero-zero. If we were on Mars we would pick Mars' orbit as zero-zero. Or, we could pick the plane of the sun's equator, which until recently was not known as precisely as earth's orbit. Pick one.

40 posted on 08/23/2006 1:37:23 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale
Pick a coordinate system and stick to it. Since we are on earth most of the time, we pick earth's orbit as the zero-zero. If we were on Mars we would pick Mars' orbit as zero-zero.

Did your respond to the wrong post, or do you need to take time to actually read? When did I say anything about which plane to identify as 0-0?

77 posted on 08/24/2006 8:52:37 AM PDT by ItsTheMediaStupid
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