Precession Question

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Precession Question

Post #1by PlutonianEmpire » 04.12.2010, 20:49

I was looking at the Earth's precession, and I noticed that the precession goes in the opposite direction of the Earth's rotation and the orbits of the Earth and moon. Why is that? Why doesn't Earth precess in the same direction as its rotation and orbit?
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