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In-depth: Precession of the equinoxes
The Earth, flattened at the poles, displays a bulge at the equator. The attraction exerted by the Sun and Moon on the bulge causes the axis of terrestrial rotation to describe a circle around the pole of the ecliptic in a 26,000-year period. This motion causes a shift in the equinoxes known as precession. [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- In depth
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- In depth
Providing institution
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- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Issue date
- 2010
- 2010
Identifier
- urn:imss:indepth:100304
Format
- text/image
Language
- eng
- ita
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- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/ModelForDemonstrationPrecessionNutation.html
Year
- 2010
Providing country
- Italy