2007-09-21 13:59:08 · 4 answers · asked by garhea88 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Slow motion with respect to the stars - do you mean the apparent movement of the stars in the sky through the year?
That is caused by Earth's orbit around the sun - as we orbit the sun the stars appear to move a bit in the sky since we are looking at them from a slightly-different vantage point in our orbit around the sun.
2007-09-21 14:05:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possibly you refer to the slower motion of outer orbital bodies to our star?
2007-09-21 15:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by Lizbiz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rotation of the Earth and it's orbit around the Sun.
Doug
2007-09-21 14:10:58 · answer #3 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distance.
The same thing that makes cars on a freeway as seen from a plane at 10,000 feet seem like they are hardly moving at all.
2007-09-21 15:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋