Re:Something Twice the Size of Earth Slammed into Uranus and...
by 3R3130R on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @06:35PM
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if something is rotating clockwise with respect to surroundings. let us say,
and we were to then turn the object 180 degrees in a plane perpendicular to its rotation, the result is an object that is now rotating COUNTERCLOCKWISE with respect to its surroundings.
In summary, an impact with a another rotating object and transfer of momentum is not the only way. the object could have undergone a pole flip.
In summary, an impact with a another rotating object and transfer of momentum is not the only way. the object could have undergone a pole flip.