They claim Polaris stays relatively centered because it's perpendicular to Earth's imaginary (their words) rotational axis and due to the gorillions of miles that separate the two. How then do the star trails show just that tiny circle when Earth's spinning around itself just over a few hours, but Earth's orbit around the Sun has no bearing? The celestial distance covered by Earth's spin is much smaller than that of its orbit around the Sun (1000 mph vs. 66,000 mph), yet those 1000 mph result in that circular shape, but those 66,000 mph have no impact over its shape. It should look similar to a stretched slinky, not a circle, and that's without taking into account all the other movements, which is yet another thing...

They claim Polaris stays centered because it's perpendicular to Earth's imaginary (their words) rotational axis and due to the gorillions of miles that separate the two. How then do the star trails show just that tiny circle when Earth's spinning around itself just over a few hours, but Earth's orbit around the Sun has no bearing? The celestial distance covered by Earth's spin is much smaller than that of its orbit around the Sun (1000 mph vs. 66,000 mph), yet those 1000 mph result in that circular shape, but those 66,000 mph have no impact over its shape. It should look similar to a stretched slinky, not a circle, and that's without taking into account all the other movements, which is yet another thing...