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2007-01-24 09:44:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Physics

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on its axis, 265.8km/hr

2007-01-24 09:51:31 · answer #1 · answered by      7 · 0 0

At Earth's equator it rotates at 1037 mph (..1668.9 km/hr..) The further you move away from the equator the slower is the rotation, until at the precise point of the North and
South Poles the rotation is zero.

2007-01-24 10:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0 0

2 pi radians (or 360 degrees) per sidereal day (roughly 23 hours, 56 minutes).

Multiply that answer (in radians) by the earth's radius if you want a speed.

2007-01-24 09:50:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

(2π rad/24 hr)(1 hr/3,600 sec) = 7.27*10^-5 rad/sec

1 rev/da = 0.042 rev/hr = 6.94*10^-4 rpm

2007-01-24 10:04:42 · answer #4 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0 0

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