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[[File:670px-Earth precession.svg.png|thumb|Earth Precession]] | |||
Earth's precession was historically called the precession of the equinoxes, because the equinoxes moved westward along theecliptic relative to the fixed stars, opposite to the yearly motion of the Sun along the [[Ecliptic]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_precession]</ref> | Earth's precession was historically called the precession of the equinoxes, because the equinoxes moved westward along theecliptic relative to the fixed stars, opposite to the yearly motion of the Sun along the [[Ecliptic]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_precession]</ref> | ||