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A Very Slow Motion of Earth's Axis That Requires 26,000

Question 26

Question 26

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A very slow motion of Earth's axis that requires 26,000 years to complete is called ___________.


A) retrograde motion
B) axial precession
C) occultation
D) perturbation
E) Ptolemaic motion

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