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by dculp
Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:52 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fomalhaut b (2008 Nov 14)
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sense of rotation

Do the two (merged) photos of the planet define the rotational sense of the system? Has that already been determined using doppler measurements on the dust ring? Would this be the first system in which sense of rotation is established? Is there a standard definition of "north" using the ri...