Avast to antispinwards!

From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard (J.deBoynePollard_at_Tesco.NET)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:17:44 +0100

RM> Actually, at the north pole, the sun does indeed rise in the east.
RM>
RM> Only problem is, Every point is east.

No. At the (geographic) North pole, every direction is _South_. East is
spinwards. There is no "spinwards" on the axis of spin itself. (If you want
to include the orbital motion of the planet, then note that your definition of
East has changed to being "the direction of sunrise", and that your reasoning
has become circular - "the sun rises in the direction of sun rise". Justify
such a definition.)

(For bonus points, tell us which direction the sun rises in on the surface of
Uranus, at its poles and elsewhere.)

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