How fast is the Sun Moving in KM per hour, and in what direction?
2007-03-17 09:46:38 · 7 answers · asked by Infinite and Eternal Reality 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Clue: the name of a Car is in the answer
2007-03-17 09:54:35 · update #1
The Sun is moving through space at about 30 kilometers/second in the direction of the star *Vega.
[to calculate (approx.) the Sun moving at kilometers/hour:
multiply 30 kilometers/second by 3600 seconds(in 1 hour)] = 108,000 kilometers/hour.
*Vega was a (sub) compact car made and sold by Chevrolet --General Motors, during the 1970's.
**Galaxy is a minivan(mid 1990's to present), sells through the Ford Motor Co. (Not to be confused with Ford Galaxie, a large car made in the USA by Ford Motor Co., and sold through Ford Motor Co. from the late 1950's to the mid 1970's. )
2007-03-17 10:54:10 · answer #1 · answered by g p 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
217 kilometres per second in its orbit around the Orion arm of the Milky Way (781,200 kilometres per hour),
20 kilometres per second relative to nearby stars,
The Apex of the Sun's Way, or the solar apex, refers to the direction that the Sun travels through space in the Milky Way. The general direction of the sun's galactic motion is towards the star Vega near the constellation of Hercules, at an angle of roughly 60 sky degrees to the direction of the Galactic Center.
The sun's orbit around the galaxy is expected to be roughly elliptical with the addition of perturbations due to the galactic spiral arms and non-uniform mass distributions
2007-03-17 10:11:30 · answer #2 · answered by brucebirchall 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Sun rotation period around its axis at Equator is 25 Earth days, and at poles is 35 Earth days. The Sun orbits the galaxy at about 220 km/s, taking nearly 220 000 000 years to complete one full orbit (galactic year). This is due to the huge size of our galaxy, and the position of the Sun on it.
2007-03-17 09:52:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rough total estimate is 640,000 KMPH
The sun Turns (revolves or rotates around) the milky way and the Milky Way moves outward in space, taking the sun along with it.
2007-03-17 11:33:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't see how you can answer that as a definite. you don't have a fixed point to measure it from. if we do measure the direction and speed its only relative to what we compare it to "i think"
2007-03-17 11:47:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
12 knots, left.
2007-03-17 10:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's not moving
2007-03-17 10:00:49 · answer #7 · answered by twilightxxlove 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋