Question by Maxie G: What if the Moon moved about the Earth in an orbit perpendicular to the plane of the Earth’s orbit?
also, Would solar and lunar eclipses
be possible under these circumstances?
Best answer:
Answer by Anonymous Viking RebornThat's called a polar orbit because it passes over both poles instead of circling over the equator. Very few natural objects are in polar orbits.
Eclipses would be possible and might even be regular.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
What if the Moon moved about the Earth in an orbit perpendicular to the plane of the Earth’s orbit?
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