I would have thought interesting weather depends on Coriolis which a sideways planet can't have.
Of course it can. Any rotating frame has Coriolis forces.
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I would have thought interesting weather depends on Coriolis which a sideways planet can't have.
If you're tired of the butt jokes or if this planet is just too mainstream for you, might I recommend another mysterious, ringed celestial body in the same general region i.e. a bajillion kilometers from nowhere? Why not Chariklo! You almost never hear about this baby. I'd love to see a mission fly close enough to properly photograph it in my lifetime, but it's super rare to send something out that far and it would p…