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Old 16-February-2006, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim
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Well, not only that, but if it were coriolis, then the planets south of the sun's equator would orbit in one direction and those north of the equator would orbit in the other!

(Sorry, just couldn't reisist. I'll be quiet now. )

No. You misunderstood my article. Planets either south of the sun's equator or north of the equator would orbit in the same direction because of the coriolis force and would be drawn nearer by the coriolis force to the sun's equator until they are right in the sun's equator