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i'm bothered a bit by the fact that in the cartoon animation the earth appears to rotate only two or three times during an entire 25,000+ year axial precession
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
i'm bothered a bit by the fact that in the cartoon animation the earth appears to rotate only two or three times during an entire 25,000+ year axial precession cycle.
- noisy_boy 8y agoI didn't know about axial precession and that visualization was what made it clear for me. Literally a picture that is worth hundreds, if not thousands, of words.
- projektfu 8y agoIt’s a bit like a camera capturing the wheel of a fast moving car such that it appears to be rotating very slowly.