Yes - more or less. It changes its direction in space ("precession") very slowly, making a full cycle every 26,000 years or so.
Yes - more or less. It changes its direction in space ("precession") very slowly, making a full cycle every 26,000 years or so.
Yes - more or less. It changes its direction in space ("precession") very slowly, making a full cycle every 26,000 years or so.
Yes - more or less. It changes its direction in space ("precession") very slowly, making a full cycle every 26,000 years or so.
yes for the most part the earths axis is constant. Over time (and I mean a LONG time) the axis does wobble by a few degrees but nothing that will drastically affect us in our lifetime.
Yes - more or less. It changes its direction in space ("precession") very slowly, making a full cycle every 26,000 years or so.
Currently, the north end of the Earth's rotation axis points toward a point in the skythat happens to be only about 1/3 of a degree from a relatively bright star. The resultis that the star seems to never move, and is called "The North Star".
The Earth's angular velocity vector due to its axial rotation points towards the north pole.
The needle of a compass can point to any star you'd like it to. Just flip and turn the compass and the needle will be in different directions, poinling to different stars. But a compass isn't anything to do with stars. Tatyana Martynova
Actually they don't they fall on towards Earths crust.
The forces due to gravity act along the line between the centers of two masses. That means that the Earth is attracted toward your center of mass, and you are attracted toward the center of the Earth, both with equal force. We typically refer to that direction as "down".
I don't think they do because they must be facing in the exact direction of Mecca. Muslims have a special compass that always points in the direction of Mecca. So it tells them which way to face when praying. Muslims do pray toward the direction Mecca based on where they are that that time. *As close as you can get to praying exactly toward Mecca.*
Always toward the center of the Earth.
-- Gravitational force always shows up as a pair of equal forces, between the centers of two masses, and in the directions that pull the masses toward each other. -- If you 'weigh' 100 pounds, that means that one gravitational force of 100 pounds pulls you toward the center of the Earth, and the other gravitational force of the pair ... also 100 pounds ... pulls the Earth toward the center of you. -- We have a name for the direction of the force that pulls us toward the center of the Earth. We call that direction "down". It's actually many different directions at different places on Earth, but it always points toward the Earth's center, and we always call it "down".
The fuel pump arrow points away from the fuel tank and points toward the engine.
by what ever end is in summertime right now. That is how you will know which hemisphere is pointing toward the sun.
Away from the sunThe Tail of a Comet always points Away from the Sun.
The axis is always aimed toward a point in the sky near Polaris :))
earths axis is responsible for seasons because if its tilted toward the sun then it would be summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern now if it was tilted away from the sun then it would be winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere
A compass is an instrument for determining direction consisting essentially of a freely suspended magnetic needle that points toward the magnetic north.
The magnetic poles of a compass needle are named after the directions in which they point. 'Magnetic North' and 'Magnetic South' are LOCATIONS (used to distinguish them from 'True North' and 'Magnetic North'), and do NOT describe their magnetic polarities. As 'unlike poles attract', the north pole of the compass needle points towards Magnetic North, whose polarity must, therefore, be south. By extension, the polarity of Magnetic South is north.
A thermostat always goes in spring side toward the engine.
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