Of course the moon could be in a north-south orbit; but in order to be
seen as rising in the south and setting in the north, it would have to
be orbiting the planet about twice per planetary rotation. Of course,
the planet could be rotating north-south but then the sun wouldn't be
rising in the east and setting in the west...
--- Claude P Pery II <
cpp1701e@...> wrote:
> Actually the dynamics of the laws of physics if I remember my physics
> from
> college correctly do not rule out the possibility of the moon being
> in a
> north to south orbit with the sun in an east to west or vise versa
> rotation
> theoretically. The tidal influence of such an orbit would make
> things a bit
> in the interesting side though =)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ceeso Hottoes" <ceeso2003@...>
> To: <EverQuest@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [EverQuest] Re: Very slow after DirectX 9 patch
>
>
> > I saw the moon while in the newbie zone outside the gate of West
> > Freeport. It was quite distinctly a moon and not merely a haze.
> >
> > Apparently, it has also finally been adjusted to rise in the east
> and
> > set in the west, instead of its previous north to south path: a
> track
> > that was pretty much astronomically impossible with a sun that rose
> in
> > the east and set in the west
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