Day: February 22, 2021

Precession <p style=”text-align: center;”>The term ‘<b>Precession</b>‘ means a change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body.</p> <img width=”300″ height=”300″ src=”https://celestialchimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gyroscope_precession.gif” alt=”Precession” /> <h2>Axial Rotation</h2> <p style=”text-align: center;”>The Earth rotates on it’s own axis (the red line) once every 24 hours (shown by the white arrows) and this is called <strong>Axial Rotation.</strong></p> <img width=”1052″ height=”520″ src=”https://celestialchimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/simageaxialprecessionvsrotation.webp”… Read more