[Williams]

"Earth’s axis is currently pointing at the North Star, Polaris, but it is always rotating around in a conical pattern. In about 10,000 years, it will point toward the star Vega, which will mean that winter in the Northern Hemisphere will begin in June instead of January."

That's quite a statement, and what happens in the intermediary time when the seasons are shifting?

[USS Alaska]

"Earth’s axis is currently pointing at the North Star, Polaris, but it is always rotating around in a conical pattern. In about 10,000 years, it will point toward the star Vega, which will mean that winter in the Northern Hemisphere will begin in June instead of January."

These idiots can't tell you with certainty that it will rain within the next 24 hours yet can predict events 10,000 years in the future. OK, then, I'll buy the bridge that goes from manhattan to brooklyn.

[RegulatorCountry]

"That's quite a statement"

And an erroneous one at that, since winter begins in December.

[MaDeuce]

""Earth’s axis is currently pointing at the North Star, Polaris, but it is always rotating around in a conical pattern. In about 10,000 years, it will point toward the star Vega, which will mean that winter in the Northern Hemisphere will begin in June instead of January."

That's quite a statement, and what happens in the intermediary time when the seasons are shifting?

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Heck with the seasons! What about Santa's work shop and toy factories!!!!! They will be all flooded by melting ice killing all the little Elves!!! And the island of Misfit Toys will be engulfed by the new liquid Artic see!

My God people, think of the Children!! What ever shall we do!

[dr_lew]

"Earth’s axis is currently pointing at the North Star, Polaris, but it is always rotating around in a conical pattern. In about 10,000 years, it will point toward the star Vega, which will mean that winter in the Northern Hemisphere will begin in June instead of January."

Yes, quite a statement, and based on gross ignorance. The seasons are based on the tropical year, which is defined by the earth's orientation with respect to the sun, and this tropical year is the basis of the calendar year, so the seasons remained fixed on the calendar.

The precession of the equinoxes expresses the difference between the tropical year and the sidereal year. The slightly shorter tropical year means that the stars appear to creep ahead of the sun by about 50.26" of arc each year.

In several thousand years, the familiar "summer constellations" will no longer appear in the same positions in the summer months of July and August, assuming the current conventions and practices survive that long.