Why Will Polaris No Longer Be the North Star in a Few

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Multiple Choice

Why will Polaris no longer be the North Star in a few thousand years?

• A) A closer star will have moved between Earth and Polaris by then.
• B) Polaris will have moved away from Earth's axis.
• C) Earth's axis will no longer point toward it because of precession.
• D) The plane of the Solar System will have tipped away from it.

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