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What happens to planets as they cross the galacticGalactic equator?

We know from research that the solar systemSolar System travels around the galacticGalactic plane, and sometimes (periodically) dips below the galacticGalactic equator, only to return and dip back above the galacticGalactic equator later.

Does anything happen to the planets on our solar system as the system changes from over-to-below, and from below-to-over? Does rotation change? Or the axial tilt of rotation? Does the planet’s equator displace one direction or the other? Is there an alteration in the orientation of the spin axis or the entire planet? Does it “flip upside down”? Or, simply, is there no change whatever?

Thanks! Jim

What happens to planets as they cross the galactic equator?

We know from research that the solar system travels around the galactic plane, and sometimes (periodically) dips below the galactic equator, only to return and dip back above the galactic equator later.

Does anything happen to the planets on our solar system as the system changes from over-to-below, and from below-to-over? Does rotation change? Or the axial tilt of rotation? Does the planet’s equator displace one direction or the other? Is there an alteration in the orientation of the spin axis or the entire planet? Does it “flip upside down”? Or, simply, is there no change whatever?

Thanks! Jim

What happens to planets as they cross the Galactic equator?

We know from research that the Solar System travels around the Galactic plane, and sometimes (periodically) dips below the Galactic equator, only to return and dip back above the Galactic equator later.

Does anything happen to the planets on our solar system as the system changes from over-to-below, and from below-to-over? Does rotation change? Or the axial tilt of rotation? Does the planet’s equator displace one direction or the other? Is there an alteration in the orientation of the spin axis or the entire planet? Does it “flip upside down”? Or, simply, is there no change whatever?

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What happens to planets as they cross the galactic equator?

We know from research that the solar system travels around the galactic plane, and sometimes (periodically) dips below the galactic equator, only to return and dip back above the galactic equator later.

Does anything happen to the planets on our solar system as the system changes from over-to-below, and from below-to-over? Does rotation change? Or the axial tilt of rotation? Does the planet’s equator displace one direction or the other? Is there an alteration in the orientation of the spin axis or the entire planet? Does it “flip upside down”? Or, simply, is there no change whatever?

Thanks! Jim