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  <p>My question is, which pole on Earth faces in the direction that the Sun moves? The South Pole or the North Pole?</p>
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<p>The North pole is in the hemisphere of the direction of motion of the solar system through the galaxy. </p>

<p>The direction in which the Sun in traveling relative to surrounding stars is called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_apex" rel="nofollow noreferrer">solar apex</a> and is located at (RA)  18h 28m 0s (dec) 30°N, which is a point in the northern hemisphere. </p>

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2020-02-29T00:55:56.160Z
`+1` I think your answer is a far better, clearer and more concise answer to the OP's question than the linked proposed duplicates, so I'm voting not to close as duplicate!
uhoh
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usernumber
<p>According to the Helical model, as the Sun orbits around the galaxy, the planets that orbit the sun are travelling perpendicular to the path of the Sun.  This is better shown in this video:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jHsq36_NTU" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jHsq36_NTU</a></p>

<p>My question is, which pole on Earth faces in the direction that the Sun moves?  The South Pole or the North Pole?</p>

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2018-12-17T18:48:49.990Z
What is the "helical model"?
ProfRob
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2018-12-17T18:50:25.677Z
I think this https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/28584/in-which-direction-is-the-sun-travelling/28586#28586 provides an answer to an almost duplicate question.
ProfRob
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2018-12-18T03:08:24.310Z
Vsauce does a nice job as well: https://youtu.be/IJhgZBn-LHg?t=1014
uhoh
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2018-12-18T03:16:32.910Z
@RobJeffries I am sure your answer is absolutely correct, but I still have a hard time getting everything straight in my head. Does it mean that if I stood at about 30 degrees North latitude that once a day the Sun's direction of motion wrt the galaxy would be straight overhead?
uhoh
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2018-12-18T07:14:00.110Z
The YouTube video referred to in the OP is full of nonsense and has been widely debunked.
ProfRob
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2018-12-18T07:18:00.010Z
@uhoh There's nothing to get straight. Motion wrt local population is towards the solar apex, but motion wrt the Galactic centre is towards Vela.
ProfRob
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2018-12-18T07:41:51.053Z
@RobJeffries thanks; I'm the sole curator of the "stuff in my head", and so when I think I don't have things straightened out there, we'll all have to take my word for it. ;-)
uhoh
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2020-02-29T00:56:45.537Z
@JamesK I think the answer directly below this question answers this question in a far better, clearer and more concise way than answers there do. I don't see a need to close this question.
uhoh
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2020-03-02T09:12:11.753Z
My question specifically asks which pole on Earth faces in the direction that the Sun moves - the "duplicate question" doesn't answer this at all, and only talks about which direction the Sun travels - can somebody explain why my question has been marked as a duplicate please?
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Which direction does the Earth face as it travels through the Galaxy
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# Which direction does the Earth face as it travels through the Galaxy

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-17)

According to the Helical model, as the Sun orbits around the galaxy, the planets that orbit the sun are travelling perpendicular to the path of the Sun. This is better shown in this video:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jHsq36_NTU>

My question is, which pole on Earth faces in the direction that the Sun moves? The South Pole or the North Pole?

**Tags:** galaxy, earth

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What is the "helical model"?  
> **username_1**: I think this https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/28584/in-which-direction-is-the-sun-travelling/28586#28586 provides an answer to an almost duplicate question.  
> **username_2**: Vsauce does a nice job as well: https://youtu.be/IJhgZBn-LHg?t=1014  
> **username_2**: @RobJeffries I am sure your answer is absolutely correct, but I still have a hard time getting everything straight in my head. Does it mean that if I stood at about 30 degrees North latitude that once a day the Sun's direction of motion wrt the galaxy would be straight overhead?  
> **username_1**: The YouTube video referred to in the OP is full of nonsense and has been widely debunked.  
> **username_1**: @username_2 There's nothing to get straight. Motion wrt local population is towards the solar apex, but motion wrt the Galactic centre is towards Vela.  
> **username_2**: @RobJeffries thanks; I'm the sole curator of the "stuff in my head", and so when I think I don't have things straightened out there, we'll all have to take my word for it. ;-)  
> **username_2**: @JamesK I think the answer directly below this question answers this question in a far better, clearer and more concise way than answers there do. I don't see a need to close this question.  
> **username_0**: My question specifically asks which pole on Earth faces in the direction that the Sun moves - the "duplicate question" doesn't answer this at all, and only talks about which direction the Sun travels - can somebody explain why my question has been marked as a duplicate please?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-02-28. Score: 2

> My question is, which pole on Earth faces in the direction that the Sun moves? The South Pole or the North Pole?

The North pole is in the hemisphere of the direction of motion of the solar system through the galaxy.

The direction in which the Sun in traveling relative to surrounding stars is called the [solar apex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_apex) and is located at (RA) 18h 28m 0s (dec) 30°N, which is a point in the northern hemisphere.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: `+1` I think your answer is a far better, clearer and more concise answer to the OP's question than the linked proposed duplicates, so I'm voting not to close as duplicate!  

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