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Mr.Thesaxman

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How much of the sky is north of the celestial equator?
 
  a. less than one-half, because of the tilt of the equator to the ecliptic plane
  b. more than one-half, because of the precession of the poles
  c. exactly one-half
  d. all of the night sky

Question 2

Precession of the rotation axis of Earth takes ____ to complete a cycle.
 
  a. 24 hours
  b. one year
  c. 260 years
  d. 26,000 years
  e. 260,000 years



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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