Question

Design an activity to show why pole star appears stationary​

Answer 1

Polaris, the North Star, appears stationary in the sky because it is positioned close to the line of Earth's axis projected into space. As such, it is the only bright star whose position relative to a rotating Earth does not change. All other stars appear to move opposite to the Earth's rotation beneath them.

Answer 2

Pole stars appear stationary because axis of earth’s rotation passes through pole stars.

Explanation:

• The sky above Earth seems to rotate for of the rotation of the Earth. The apparent static stars go east to West as the Earth switches west to East.

•  But as the axis of rotation of Earth passes through pole star, it is that point about which the sky revolves and hence the pole star seems fixed.

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