Which of the following explains why the stars of Orion's belt rise in the east and set in the west?

A) Earth rotates once each day.
B) Earth orbits the Sun once each year.
C) The direction of Earth's axis in space precesses with a period of about 26,000 years.
D) Stars appear to move randomly relative to our Sun in the local solar neighborhood.
E) The universe is expanding.


A) Earth rotates once each day.

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