precession
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Instead, it slowly traces out a cone-shaped motion known as precession.
From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026
For the past five years, Pasham has looked for tidal disruption events that are bright enough, and near enough, to quickly follow up and track for signs of Lense-Thirring precession.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2024
In ancient times before Earth’s precession shifted the stars toward the south, the stars of Crux were visible from Europe.
From National Geographic • Aug. 23, 2023
Among other things, it was Hipparchus himself who first discovered Earth’s precession, and he modelled the apparent motions of the Sun and Moon.
From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2022
But modern astrologers have forgotten about the precession of the equinoxes, which Ptolemy understood.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
