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[[File:EpicEarth-Globespin-tilt-23.4.gif|thumb|Earth's rotation imaged by [[Deep Space Climate Observatory]], showing axis tilt]]
 
'''Earth's rotation''' or '''Earth's spin''' is the [[rotation]] of planet [[Earth]] around its own [[Rotation around a fixed axis|axis]], as well as changes in the [[orientation (geometry)|orientation]] of the rotation axis in space. Earth rotates [[east]]ward, in [[prograde motion]]. As viewed from the northernrn [[polar star]] [[Polaris]], Earth turns [[counterclockwise]].
 
The [[North Pole]], also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] where Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. This point is distinct from Earth's [[North Magnetic Pole]]. The [[South Pole]] is the other point where Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface, in [[Antarctica]].