http://zahrawithaz.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] zahrawithaz.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] such_heights 2009-12-15 06:15 pm (UTC)

I'm only echoing others now, but yes, there are two types of pole--the axis on which the planet rotates, and the magnetic pole toward which the compass turns. The latter does reverse periodically, while the the former doesn't (though I suppose a big enough asteroid strike could jostle it).

I believe it's only happenstance that on Earth the two poles aren't that far off from each other, and that they could hypothetically be much farther apart on a planet with a different axial tilt; but someone may be able to correct me there.

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