In space how does one tell what direction being no fixed point? Or how does one tell up from down and so on?

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In space how does one tell what direction being no fixed point? Or how does one tell up from down and so on? - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

it’s all relative to a mutually agreed reference point. Within our solar system you might relate an object’s position as “sunward” or “outward”, and motion tangent to the rotation of the planets as “spinward” or “trailward”. In galactic space, the same directions apply, but substitute “coreward” for “sunward”.