If you leave on an airplane during daylight hours, how fast do you need to travel to always stay in daylight?
2006-11-15 06:38:10 · 6 answers · asked by nalashelby 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
About 1,000 miles per hour at the equator. Slower if you are closer to the poles. I think it is about 800 miles per hour at latitudes typical in the U.S.
2006-11-15 06:45:03 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You'd want to travel west at speed that would let you circumnavigate the world in one day. Pick a latitude and you can do the arithmetic.
2006-11-15 14:44:31 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Timezones are approximately 15 degrees wide. So, in degrees, you'd need to travel 15 degrees (one timezone) an hour.
2006-11-15 17:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were in a plane flying at the equator, you would have to travel at 1,070 miles per hour at a continuous altitude.
2006-11-15 14:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This will depend on your latitude. Clearly near the equator you have to go much faster than further away from it.
2006-11-17 15:42:07 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im no expert but i think it's impossible to never see the sunset because the light travels very fast and the fastest speed in the universe so you have to be faster than light to not see sunset that's how i think about it
2006-11-15 14:43:52 · answer #6 · answered by z_abouzahr 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋