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DescriptionEarth precession.jpg	Precession of rotational axis relative to the direction to the Sun at perihelion and aphelion. This changes the time of the year at which perihelion and aphelion occur.
Source	Earth Observatory / NASA
Author	Robert Simmon, NASA GSFC

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:53, 4 September 2005		250 × 285 (27 KB)	wikimediacommons>Saperaud~commonswiki	Precession of rotational axis relative to the direction to the Sun at perihelion and aphelion. This changes the time of the year at which perihelion and aphelion occur. Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Giants/Milankovitch/Images/precessi

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