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NAM/UKSP 2005
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NEWS AND REVIEWS IN
ASTRONOMY &GEOPHYSICS
JUNE 2005·VOL.46·ISSUE 3
1366-8781(200506)46:03;1-C
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owadays almost everyone is taught
that our home, the Earth, is just one of
nine planets orbiting a fairly average
star, that it spins on its axis once per day, and
that it revolves around the Sun in a year of
365.25 days. By contrast, the Earth appears to
be very much at rest, located at the centre of a
fixed celestial sphere on which are set untold

Source: Armagh Observatory

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