On May 12, 6:25*am, oriel36 wrote:

Tell me how long does it take Polaris to return to your meridian

The answer to your question as you have asked it is, of course, that
it never leaves the meridian.

Actually, since Polaris is some slight distance away from the north
celestial pole, the "real" answer is the same 23 hours 56 minutes and
4 seconds as any other star, though, which I must note or some people
here will correct me.

If participants wants to the quasi- holographic image of what they
believe by linking the daily rotation of the Earth directly *to a
stationary celestial sphere or a rotating celestial sphere to a
stationary Earth in 23 hours 56 minutes 04 seconds then here it is -

The URL you provide showed an animated .GIF which illustrates the
Ptolemaic view of the Universe, with the stars on a sphere which
revolves around the Earth. That certainly is wrong, and it would be a
bad thing to believe that.

The stars are enormously far away, so of course it would be silly to
have them move around the Earth once a day. But it would also be silly
to have them move around the Earth *once a year*.

If we let the distant stars remain fixed, then this means we must
accept that the actual rotational period of the Earth is what is
referenced to them. Thus, it is the 23 hour, 56 minute, and 4 second
view that lets the stars remain unmoving.

instead,I
have to deal with people,who at best, sound like they drink cups of
vinegar so sullen are the responses.

I understand you are only trying to help bring clarity and
understanding, but you are mistaken, so you cannot achieve that goal
until you stop and examine your own mistakes.

John Savard