<p>Does the Earth position in the galaxy or solar system affect the orientation of the magnetic axis?</p>

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2016-12-09T04:37:03.183Z
What do you mean? Are you asking if there is a correlation between the location of Earth's magnetic pole and the position of Earth (as part of the solar system) in the galaxy?
Gimelist
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2016-12-09T12:33:11.430Z
In addition to Michael's query, are you suggesting that Earth's axis of spin is related to the location of the magnetic poles?
Fred
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2016-12-09T14:56:59.180Z
@Fred yes that the hole iron core flips when the poles reverse and that is caused by something outside the Earth and possibly outside the solar system.
Muze
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2016-12-10T06:52:04.950Z
@Muze the iron core does not flip during a geomagnetic reversal. Also, geomagnetic reversal events are (almost) random and do not correlate with the position of the Earth in the galaxy or in the solar system.
Gimelist
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2016-12-14T02:20:53.210Z
I edited the question for re-opening, because I think there is a core a good question in there that I would like to know the answer to as well.
kingledion
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2016-12-15T13:23:01.093Z
I think with the edit, the question is now clear, but the answer is (to the best of my knowledge) a hard no for the reasons that @Michael says.   The Earth's orbital position is a fair bit like clockwork.  Earth's magnetic flips are quite chaotic.  There could be a loose correlation, related to variations in Earth's orbital speed which vary somewhat with the rise and fall of ice ages, which are correlated to orbital cycles, but that's a bit of a guess on my part, and a loose relation not a neat one.
userLTK
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2016-12-15T16:28:07.770Z
Voted for reopen, I think this could be fashioned into a valid question about the causes of true polar wander.
Siv
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Why do the magnetic poles move?
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# Why do the magnetic poles move?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-08)

Does the Earth position in the galaxy or solar system affect the orientation of the magnetic axis?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What do you mean? Are you asking if there is a correlation between the location of Earth's magnetic pole and the position of Earth (as part of the solar system) in the galaxy?  
> **username_2**: In addition to Michael's query, are you suggesting that Earth's axis of spin is related to the location of the magnetic poles?  
> **username_0**: @username_2 yes that the hole iron core flips when the poles reverse and that is caused by something outside the Earth and possibly outside the solar system.  
> **username_1**: @username_0 the iron core does not flip during a geomagnetic reversal. Also, geomagnetic reversal events are (almost) random and do not correlate with the position of the Earth in the galaxy or in the solar system.  
> **username_3**: I edited the question for re-opening, because I think there is a core a good question in there that I would like to know the answer to as well.  
> **username_4**: I think with the edit, the question is now clear, but the answer is (to the best of my knowledge) a hard no for the reasons that @Michael says.   The Earth's orbital position is a fair bit like clockwork.  Earth's magnetic flips are quite chaotic.  There could be a loose correlation, related to variations in Earth's orbital speed which vary somewhat with the rise and fall of ice ages, which are correlated to orbital cycles, but that's a bit of a guess on my part, and a loose relation not a neat one.  
> **username_5**: Voted for reopen, I think this could be fashioned into a valid question about the causes of true polar wander.  

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