How many MPH does the earth rotate at?

Answer 1

The earth rotates about its axis. Obviously at the poles, there is no speed to the rotation at all. At the equator, the circumference of the earth is about 25,000 miles and it rotates once per 24 hours, so the speed would have to be 25,000/24 = 1041.67 mph. Depending on where you are between the equator and the pole, you'll get a speed of between 0 and 1041.67 mph.

Answer 2

Depends where you are on the earth, specifically how far away you are from the equator. The earth turns 360 degrees every 24 hours, so where ever you are on the earth you will move through 15 degrees every hour (15 x 24 = 360). If you happen to live on the equator (about 24, 860 miles around) you will turn through a 15 degree arc, but will move about 1036 miles per hour(24,860/24). If you happen to be standing on top of the north (or south) pole you won't move anywhere, you'll just stand in one spot and spin. The closer you are to the equator, the faster you will be moving, the fastest amount being 1036 miles per hour. The closer you are to the pole, the slower, with the minimum speed (of zero) at the poles.

Answer 3

A point on the equator rotates at a rate of a little more than 1600 km/hr (about 1000 mph), and a point on the earth at the latitude of Portland, Ore. (45¯ N), rotates at about 1073 km/hr (about 667 mph).

Answer 4

The exact answer of how many MPH the earth spins at the equator is 1040.41 MPH

Here is the math....
Earth's circumference at the equator is 24,901.55 miles
divided by
the length of a day which is 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.0905 seconds or 23.9344 Hours

24,901.55 / 23.9344 = 1040.41

Multiply by the cosine of your latitude and get the speed at your latitude.

Answer 5

Recognize that the Earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours, or:



60 minutes X 24 hours = 1440 minutes
--------- -------- ------------
1 hour 1 day 1 day
Dividing 360 degrees by 1440 minutes shows that the Earth is rotating 0.25 degrees every minute. Here's the math:

360 degrees = .25 degrees
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1440 minutes 1 minute

Answer 6

in response to if the world suddenly stopped
we wouldn't fly into space, we might all go sideways and die, but gravity would still apply, and the loss of centrifugal force would make it stronger. I bet the only way to survive would be on top of a pyramid in some sort of shield from the wind/debris/sound barrier, it would slide across the desert sand until stopping.

Answer 7

1000

Answer 8

About 1,042 MPH

Answer 9

900

Answer 10

if u understood the nature of the velocities you travel at, not just at the solar level, nor even at the galactic level, you would see why it's not plainly obvious that people walk on water every 2k yrs ;)