Precession, basically is the change in the direction of earth's axis of rotation.
岁差,基本上是地球自转轴方向的改变。
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The Earth's axis in its orbit does the same thing because of a phenomenon called precession, and is now facing a different star than it did 5, 000 years ago.
地球的地轴做了类似的事情,因为一种现象叫做岁差,现在所面对的是与5000年前不同的星星。
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Even given the precession of the Earth's rotational axis over the millennia, the Sun continues to rise over Stonehenge in an astronomically significant way.