Talk:East

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"Moving continuously East ... is not the shortest route." to where, exactly? It's probably one of the two shortest routes back to where you started, unless you are actually on the equator. Of course this assumes that the earth is a perfect sphere, there's no mountains in the way, jumping on the spot is cheating, and ignoring the movement of the earth round the sun, the sun round the galaxy, errmm, I think it's best to stay home and have a nice cup of tea, don't you? Orelstrigo 00:46, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

sun rises in the East?

Is East the direction in which the sun rises on all planets, or just planet Earth? --Rebroad 12:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

While I don't specifically know of any examples, I would think that it could be eother way. The magnetic poles of the Earth switch periodically (see Geomagnetic reversal). The rotation of the Earth, however does not change. So at some points in the Earths history the sun rose in the West. --Thehalfone (talk) 06:20, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Query: there does not appear to be a link to the Disambiguation page. Not sure how to do it myself. 92.239.227.121 (talk) 13:58, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Given the etymology of the word, east is the direction of the sunrise on every planet. This fact, combined with the definition of 'north' provided on the Poles of astronomical bodies article, means that on a map of any given planet, east could be on either the left or right side depending on the planet's direction of rotation. On a map of Earth, the right side is east, but on a map of Venus which rotates retrograde, the left side is east. 74.82.239.98 (talk) 21:38, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Cart and Horse issue

Whatever the etymology of the word, the usage from the Graeco-Roman-Mediterranean area seems dominant, from an age when solar navigation was all of navigation. 'East" is where the sun rises, and the other cardinal points follow. The usage was established long before the magnetic field was in consideration. Even longer before changes in the magnetic field were detected. After the Earth's movement around the Sun, it's axial rotation is the largest contribution to its intrinsic energy. For any body in space, "East" would be where the primary body of the system rises (North etc follow). PROBLEMS : multiple primaries (small problem : for a stable orbit, the primaries must be close in the sky) ; unstable dynamics (well, they're unstable!) ; non-rotating or locked planets (hmmm) ; time scale (does Earth rotate around the Sun, or the mass-centre of the galaxy?). — Preceding unsigned comment added by A Karley (talk • contribs) 18:41, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE WORD EAST

The word East itself is a mysterious word because over the years it has been associated with mystery,disaster,conflict,opportunities and religion such as the following;
a)The garden of Eden was situated on the East, Gen 2:8
b)The sun rises from the East.
c)The three wise men came from the East.
d)Christians celebrate Easter.
e)African countries in east always experience wars and famine eg,Eastern Darfur,Somalia,Kenya.
f)In Zimbabwe, diamonds were found in the East of Mutare,Chiadzwa.
g)The Middle East continue to experience wars and conflict.
Simbarashe Goneso,Zim —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.246.54.50 (talk) 09:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

thank you for the facts Maisiesdragon (talk) 08:56, 1 June 2015 (UTC)