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April 28, 2006

Strange But True!

Q. Tired of your astrological sign? Is there anything you can do about it?

A. Actually, due to constantly shifting stars and constellations, your sign may not be what you think it is! Picture planet Earth like a spinning top, whose axis from pole to pole today points (Northern hemisphere) at the North Star, Polaris, say Georges Charpak and Henri Broch in “Debunked!” But due to gravitational effects of the sun and moon on our planet's equatorial bulge, plus other factors, the axis “precesses” slowly, taking 25,790 years to go around completely. At that point the North Star will again be Polaris, but 12,000 years from now it will be Vega.


 
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