Re: North Pole

[Brian Whatcott <betwys@DIRECTVINTERNET.COM>]

A similar question was addressed recently on a navigation list.
While the motion in question does not seem to be fairly
described as precession, the Earth visibly moves out of the plane
of the ecliptic as a center of gravity effect of the Earth Moon center
 of mass.

Brian W.

At 01:39 AM 10/1/02, you wrote:
> The Earth's spin axis precesses such that we get a moving polar star.
>
> Does the orbital axis precess?
>
> Does the angle between the orbital plain and the spin axis change?
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> Jim Green
> mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen
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> This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or
> the AAPT.

Brian Whatcott
  Altus OK                      Eureka!

This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.