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Will the reversal of magnetic poles, of Earth, result in Sun rising and setting from the opposite directions?

Being a student of physics, reversal of magnetic poles of Earth has been quite a topic of concerned for me. But I didn't know that it's now shifting so fast.

The thing which I wanna know is, would this, shifting of magnetic poles of Earth, result in sun rising and setting from the opposite directions, I mean, after that Sun will rise from West and will set in East. I'm not very sure but what I've studied so far from that I think YES it would. Can anyone explain this?

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connick says:

I can't quite grasp why you would think that the Earth's rotation would change dramatically due to a change in magnetic polarity. Regardless, the answer is no, the sun will not begin rising in the west and setting in the east.

The Earth turning about its axis (not an actual feature like an axle) is going in one direction. When the magnetic poles switch as a result of the behavior of its molten core there won't be any appreciable change to the rotation of the Earth.

Perhaps a compass will point in the wrong direction, but the Arctic and Antarctic will still be in the same geographic location and still spinning in the same direction they were to start with.

Nothing to worry about.

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posted on 2010-02-08 20:35:58 | Report abuse


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martin_g says:

You mean explain why you think YES?

No.

p.s. The answer is to the main question is no too.

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posted on 2011-01-04 20:21:38 | Report abuse


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TresJuicy says:

I think he is taking pole reversal to mean that the planet will literally turn the other way up

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posted on 2011-11-29 14:41:09 | Report abuse


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