![]() ![]() Polaris is also known as the “North Star” since it is directly above the Earth’s axis. The Earth’s axis (the point at which it rotates around, for example, if you were to spin around while standing in one spot, your axis would be an imaginary line running through your head straight down to your feet) is in line with a star named “Polaris”. It is not the Sun’s movement that causes days, but rather the Earth turning around in front of the Sun. The Earth rotates counterclockwise this is why the Sun “rises” in the East and “sets” in the West. A rotation is when the planet spins around once. The Earth completes one “rotation” every twenty-four hours. This is because the Earth is constantly moving. When watching the stars at night, they do appear to move very slowly.
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