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A modern student is told the nightly turning of the sky is really caused by:

AMoon pulling
BEarth spinning
CStars drifting
DSun orbiting
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Earth spinning
1. The sphere of stars does not actually rotate. 2. The planet we stand on turns instead. 3. So the motion comes from Earth spinning. _Source: OpenStax Astronomy 2e, Chapter 2, Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy._
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