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The Earth has had several North Stars. The Earth slowly wobbles on its axis as it spins. This motion is called precession. The Earth traces a circle in the sky over a period of 26,000 years. In Pharonic times the North Star was Thuban; today it is Polaris; around 14,000 c.e. it will be Vega.
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