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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.

Radio waves are beamed in and synchronize the precessions of the spins, temporarily flipping some of them.

In ancient times before Earth’s precession shifted the stars toward the south, the stars of Crux were visible from Europe.

Among other things, it was Hipparchus himself who first discovered Earth’s precession, and he modelled the apparent motions of the Sun and Moon.

Hard to nitpick a team playing with the poise and precession of a Super Bowl contender.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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