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[[File:EpicEarth-Globespin-tilt-23.4.gif|thumb|Earth's rotation imaged by [[Deep Space Climate Observatory]], showing axis
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'''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 northern [[polar star]] [[Polaris]], Earth turns [[counterclockwise]].