precession
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Its axis slowly wobbles over time like a spinning top, a movement known as axial precession.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
As this wobble interacts with gradual shifts in Earth's elliptical orbit, it creates two major climatic precession cycles lasting about 19,000 and 23,000 years.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
As their orbit shrinks, the stars' precession speeds up, while the planet's precession slows down.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Because of a general relativity effect known as Lense-Thirring precession, the spinning magnetar twists the surrounding space-time, causing the disk to wobble.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
"All hell broke loose. It's spinning on the long axis with a seventeen-degree precession."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
