Polaris Will No Longer Be the North Star 1,000 Years

question 116

Multiple Choice

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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