... Take for example the case of a low altitude satellite whose orbit plane contains the axis of the Earth (i.e. it passes right above the north and southpoles). ...
... That impression was reinforced by "polar plumes" above the north and southpoles, spread out like the iron filings at the ends of a magnet, suggesting that the Sun, like the Earth, had two magnetic poles. ...
... Some excitement was caused by indications from the Lunar Prospector spacecraft, which suggested that ice may exist on the moon, inside a deep crater near the Moon's southpole. ...
... I trust you do not mean the north and southpoles of the Earth, the points defining the axis of rotation of the globe. That would be too simple. ...
... I trust you do not mean the north and southpoles of the Earth, the points defining the axis of rotation of the globe. That would be too simple. ...
... The POSITIONS of the north-southpoles on the surface of the Earth may of course change if the entire crust of the Earth somehow slides around the interior, staying intact in the process. ...