Multiple Choice
The choices below are for the following questions. For each question, choose the letter for the real motion that is responsible for the apparent motion as seen from Earth.
-Polaris will no longer be the North Star 1,000 years from now.
A) Earth rotates once each day.
B) Earth revolves around the Sun once each year.
C) The direction of Earth's axis in space precesses with a period of 26,000 years.
D) Stars appear to move randomly in the local solar neighborhood.
E) The universe is expanding.
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