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Why has the north star changed over thousands of years as compared to how we see it on Earth?
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∙ 7y ago
It's not so much the North Star (Polaris) that has changed; stars do change, but usually not very quickly.What has changed is the direction of Earth's axis of rotation in space. It currently points almost exactly towards Polaris, but this will change over time.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe Earth's axis wobbles ... like a gyroscope toy.
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nothing scientists made it up to stop global warming
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nothing scientists made it up to stop global warming
How the gravitational acceleration will change when you move from equator to north or south pole on the surface of earth?
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What would happen if the north pole of a magnet is in the south pole of earth and the south pole of a magnet is in the north pole of earth?
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