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Rotation

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Things can spin in a circle.

Rotating Sphere.gif
Rotating Sphere.gif
Some things spin around their own middle. This is called a spin. Other things move in a big circle around something else. This is called an orbit. Can you see things spin?
Star trails over the Paranal Residencia, Chile.jpg
Star trails over the Paranal Residencia, Chile.jpg

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File:Rotating Sphere.gif
Rotating Sphere.gif
File:Rotation illus.svg
Rotation illus.svg
File:Rotation v spin Parent 1.png
Rotation v spin Parent 1.png
File:AxialTiltObliquity.png
AxialTiltObliquity.png
File:Circular_motion_vs_rotation.svg
Circular_motion_vs_rotation.svg
File:Praezession.svg
Praezession.svg
File:Star trails over the Paranal Residencia, Chile.jpg
Star trails over the Paranal Residencia, Chile.jpg
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Flight dynamics with text.svg
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