The imaginary line around which the earth turns is its axis.
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The imaginary line which goes around the earth is called an Equator.
The imaginary lines on the globe are latitude and longitude.
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I think that would be the equator
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Because "Mans" brain is a great image processor and can make images from any objects. Given enough thought you could make any number of different objects from the patterns in the sky. The ancients, deduced many things and they seem to have stuck.
The reason they seem to move at all is that we are standing on a rotating ball (the Earth) while we look at them. The direction of rotation of the Earth makes it look as though other objects - not just the Sun and Moon but the stars also - are moving westwards.
constellations are just pictures that the stars seem to be arranged in from our viewpoint on Earth. Because of this, constellation aren't actually objects, they're just what we see. What we see as constellations are individual stars that seem to form a picture (But probably aren't very close to each other.
Distance glasses are made for people who are nearsighted ( people who have difficulty seeing DISTANT objects but can see close objects clearly ) reading glasses are for people who are farsighted ( people who have difficulty seeing CLOSE objects but can see distant objects clearly ) Distant glasses come in a MINUS prescription and usually when you wear them, they make everything look SMALLER Reading glasses come in a PLUS prescription and they make the world seem BIGGER
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The celestial sphere.
The duller objects will seem farther away.
The duller objects will seem farther away.
Objects are more buoyant in water than in air.
Because the earth is rotating.
It is closer than most of those other objects.
because of refraction