The alignment of Earth's rotation axis and its magnetic axis:
A) are in the same direction.
B) are different by about 11.3°. Throughout history, it is believed that the magnetic axis has precessed slowly about the rotation axis at this 11.3° angle.
C) are different, and Earth is unique among the planets which have magnetic fields in not having these two axes aligned.
D) are different, as is the case with many of the other planets in the solar system.
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