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This morning I was momentarily struck by the coincidence that magnetic North and "solar East" (the direction of the rising sun) happened to be (approximately) perpendicular, but now it doesn't really seem coincidental; as I understand it, spinning of the Earth causes a current that leads to the magnetic poles, as well as the sunrise.
So, if you woke up on an unknown planet with a compass and you faced magnetic north (assuming one existed), would the sun (or whatever astronomical object/objects) always come up over your right shoulder?
So, if you woke up on an unknown planet with a compass and you faced magnetic north (assuming one existed), would the sun (or whatever astronomical object/objects) always come up over your right shoulder?