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The coordinates usually used depend on Earth's rotation. Earth's rotational axis changes direction gradually - this is called precession. A few years from now, the North Pole will no longer point to the same direction in the sky. A full precession cycle takes about 26,000 years, so 50 years is reasonably short compared to that.

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