Re: [OT] Astronomical Inquiry (actually another one)

[moving Polaris]
>
>    Actually, I think my statement is correct.  From the reference
frame of a person standing on the
>surface of Earth, Polaris is fixed, all other stars move in circles
around it.  From the reference
>frame of a person standing on the surface of Mars, Polaris would move
through the Martian sky.
[...]

Ah, okay, now I understand what you meant. We both basically were saying
the same thing.

>    Mars almost certainly has a "North Star," but I couldn't tell you
which one.

Without some digging I cna't either.  ;-)

Mk
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