Turtle Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 . The physical north pole is where its always been on the earth, ...Cheers,Buffy We may now have evidence that this is not the case as previously posited. Earth might have spun on its side to keep its balance in the distant past, and could do so again, scientists reported today. Read more...Cheers,Turtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarFreak Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 The physical poles have been moving as well, as the earth wobbles on its axis the true poles move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 The physical poles have been moving as well, as the earth wobbles on its axis the true poles move. I believe we discussed that earlier in the thread, however it is unclear from your variable use of qualifiers for "pole" which pole you refer to. The physical pole, the true pole, and the geographic pole refer to Earth's axis of rotation. While people have known for many years that the magnetic pole changes position (the apparent polar wandering of this thread topic), most scientists have held that the geographic pole does not wander in relation to the ecliptic plane except for the precessional wobble. The article I introduced ( http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/060825_earth_tilt.html ) contends the geographic pole has shifted possibly as much as 45° in reaction to a large volcanic event.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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