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Re: North Pole



On Sat, 05 Oct 2002 12:47:13 -0400 "John S. Denker" <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM>
writes:
Michael Edmiston wrote:

I think we need to define orbital precession.
Yes, there are at least four different concepts
being stirred together in this thread

Earth spins one revolution per day, ???????????????

That's concept #1 -- spin angular momentum.


*** I believe that you mean that the earth spins one rotation
per day. It takes about 365 days to spin one revolution.

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where we also confuse the terms rotation and revolution on occasion)

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