Using a large ball to represent Earth and a small ball to represent the constellations of stars, which is the best model of the appearance of the constellations in the night sky?(1 point)

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The two balls rotate in opposite directions relative to each other.
The two balls rotate in opposite directions relative to each other.

The small ball remains fixed while the large ball rotates.
The small ball remains fixed while the large ball rotates.

Both the large ball and the small ball remain fixed.
Both the large ball and the small ball remain fixed.

The large ball remains fixed while the small ball rotates.

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The best model for the appearance of the constellations in the night sky is:

The large ball remains fixed while the small ball rotates.

This model represents the perspective of an observer on Earth (the large ball), where the stars (represented by the small ball) appear to move across the sky due to the Earth's rotation.