> the magnetic field may be able to stabilize that. how valid is a theory based on the hypothesized link between earth' s geomagnetic pole and its axis of rotation? earth's geomagnetic pole is separated from its axis of rotation by 11 nor is it even fixed-it wanders around. in jupiter's case, the tilt of its south pole does coincide with its geomagnetic one; but at the north pole, the geomagnetic and spin axes vary by 10. that of uranus is tilted a walloping 59 from the planet's axis of rotation. this was at first thought to be due to the fact that uranus is tilted on its side. neptune, however, is not lying on its side and yet its magnetic field is also tilted a walloping 47 from its axis of rotation. it cannot therefore be an inviolable law that geomagnetic poles should coincide with, or otherwise be linked to, geographic ones, that is axes of rotation. true, saturn's magnetic field is closely aligned with its spin axis-being separated by less than 1 but this seems to be unique among the planets of the solar system. moreover, saturn's magnetic field is stronger at the north pole than at the south (0.69 gauss as opposed to 0.53 gauss), which is equivalent to the centre of the field being displaced 2400 km north along the planet's axis.   thats not how it works tho, also the earth wont flip over.
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