GK Quiz on Pole Star: Test your knowledge of the Pole Star, also known as Polaris, with this challenging GK quiz. Can you answer all the questions about this astronomical wonder?

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Polaris will continue to be the pole star for a few thousand years to come, until Earth's rotational axis wanders inexorably away on its 26,000-year wobble. 2 - Thuban.

It was the best pole star from 3942-1793 BCE, achieving its closest approach to the pole in 2830 BCE: where it was less than 1/6th of a degree from the true celestial pole. Trisha Shetty / https ...

Not so the North Star because that it lacks in brightness it more than makes up for in consistency—at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere. The North Star or North Pole Star is ...