Why will Polaris no longer be the North Star in a few thousand years?
A) A closer star will have moved between Earth and Polaris by then.
B) Polaris will have moved away from Earth's axis.
C) Earth's axis will no longer point toward it because of precession.
D) The plane of the Solar System will have tipped away from it.
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