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As the earth revolves in its orbit around the sun, it acts like a gigantic gyroscope. The tilt in the pole is always oriented (with some complex variations that can't be covered here) toward the pole star. The star is so far away that the width of earth's orbit doesn't have a great effect on the star's position in our sky. The pole star does appear to move a little. It is very close to the celestial position of the north pole, but it is not exactly on the point.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agoI assume you mean polaris, the north star. Right now the earth's vertical axis (an imaginary line going through the north and south poles) points roughly directly at the north star. Thus when the earth rotates, it rotates along this axis, and so polaris never appears to move. The colliary is that the earth's rotation is precessing, ie the north-south axis is wobbling, like the axis of a spinning top. In ten thousand years or so, the north-south axis will no longer be pointing at polaris.
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∙ 14y agoThe Earth appears stationary to us who are on it because we are rotating along with it. For Neil Armstrong while on the Moon the Earth did not appear stationary at all but for him the Moon was his frame of reference and thus appeared stationary.
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∙ 13y agoThe pole star also called "Dhruv tara", named so because it is in the direction of North Pole. All the stars appear to rotate about a point very close to the Pole star, which appears to be almost stationary.
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∙ 13y agoImagine a line that goes in at the south pole, through the earth, and out of the north pole. Then imagine the earth spinning about this line or axis, as a bead might spin on some string - this is how the earth rotates, one revolution a day. Imagine the line coming out of the north pole, and continue it right out in a straight line, it will be heading more or less towards the pole star. From our view point (in the northern hemisphere) the line will appear to head off towards this pole star, and the earths rotation will be apparent by the stars rotating around that point. It's just by chance really that there is a star there at north, they don't really have one in the south.
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∙ 11y agoBecause one end of the axis upon which the Earth turns is pointed very close to it.
So no matter what point of rotation the Earth is in at the moment, anybody on the
Earth's surface looks to the same direction in order to see Polaris.
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∙ 11y agobecause it doesn't want to
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Why pole star is called dhruv tara in Hindi?
Pole star WHEN DIRECTION
Why pole star called dhruv tara in Hindi?
Pole star WHEN DIRECTION
Is the pole star real?
Yes. The pole star/ north star/ Polaris is in the constellation Ursa Minor.
Is the north star the same as the pole star?
In a word YES!!!. However, the Pole Star/ North Star are more correctly named as 'Polaris'. It is a star in the constellation of Ursa Minor (Little Bear). The Star is readily visible at night in the northern hemisphere. It has a magnitude of 1.98
Why do the pole star looks bright?
From the UK, I've never noticed that the pole star looks particularly bright. The big dipper is often used to pin-point the Pole Star.
Why does the pole star remain stationary?
The Pole Star appears to remain stationary because it is directly above the North Pole.
Which stars are stationary on the sky?
The pole star
What star is the only one to seem stationary at any time of the year?
Polaris, also referred to as the pole star or the north star.
Does the pole star change its position?
The pole star is situated in the direction,which is directly above the geographic noth-pole of the earth's axis.Thus,its position relative to the earth does not change its hence it appears stationary
How is the pole star useful to humans?
The Pole Star appears to be stationary in the Northern sky, while other stars move in a circular orbit as the earth rotates. Once the Pole Star is found, people can use the pole to navigate should a compass is not available.
What is a polaries star?
Polaris is a star which is directly above the North Pole and therefore appears to be stationary as the Earth rotates on its axis.
Why pole star remains stationery while earth is rotating?
Because the "pole star" is aptly named due to being located at Earth's pole. The pole is the axial point where Earth is rotating so anything located at the pole will appear as though it is stationary.
Is the pole star the only stationary star?
It is not really stationary, it just appears to be. It is the star that appears to have least movement in the night sky. Stars that are near to it also don't seem to move much, just appearing to go around it. The further a star is from it, the more it seems to move.
How would the north star appear to remain still make ocean navigation easier?
The North Pole Star appears to be stationary as the Earth rotates round the axis of North and South Poles. Proof of this is when an an open shutter camera is pointed directly at the Pole Star and left for several hours. The image captured will show that the Pole Star appears almost stationary, while the other stars streak in a circle round it due to the Earth's rotation.
Name the stationary star?
There is no stationary star anywhere in the universe.
Is the Big Dipper located directly above the British Isles?
The Big Dipper, also known as the Plough, is a constellation of stars that resolve around the Pole Star. The Pole Star appears to be stationary in the northern sky, while the constallations rotate around it. Two stars of the Plough points directly towards the Pole Star and is used in navigation. Though, nowadays, modern GPS and satelite navigation is used instead. So, from the UK, the Pole Star does point towards the north!
Why does pole star appears to be stationary while earth rotates?
Imagine you are riding on a roundabout, with a lamp post in the middle of it. As you are riding you look upwards at the lamp, and it always seems to stay in the same place as everything else goes round you. In normal life the Earth is our roundabout and the Pole star is the lamp. It is called the pole star because it is in line with the Earth's north and south poles, on a line that we can call the lamp-post.
