2007-04-29 00:57:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
yes,you are right earth spins very fast,but the stars are sooooo far away that we can only see them as a small dot!
and these dots move as fast as they can :) but indeed they seem like a dot and the sky is huge.
hope that helps you curious alien :-)
2007-04-29 01:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by Hurricane 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well how fast do you think the earth spins? Last I checked it took a day for the earth to spin once around its axis. That´s 24 hours. A point in the sky wouldn´t seem to move all that fast in just one hour.
2007-04-29 01:17:00 · answer #2 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How fast do you think they should move?
The stars move across the sky, in a circle around the celestial pole, once every 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.1 seconds. This is the time it takes for the Earth to spin once.
2007-04-29 01:03:06 · answer #3 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as many human beings have mentioned, 1000mph and we dont experience it by using scale of the earth and its relative 'slowness' the fee varies. on the equator it strikes lots speedier and the poles lots slower in spite of the shown fact that it may nonetheless take you 24 hours to totally revolve at any element. an further couple of things that no person else seems to have picked up on are a million) the moon. the moons gravitational pull on the aerth fairly keeps us rotating at a gentle value in a persistent orbit. without it we'd spin throughout and not have the regulated image voltaic hours or seasons we've. additionally the moon is shifting removed from us at particularly a value. quickly (in terms of the universe) it is going to unfastened its pull with us and orbit the sunlight independantly. nonetheless we've an prolonged time in the previous which will take place! some hundred thousand years or so! 2) the spin of the earth contributes lots to us that we are no longer consistently attentive to. it reasons climate structures like hurricanes among different issues.
2016-10-14 01:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by crihfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a plane should pass over your house fairly low--it will be in you vision about 30 seconds to 1 minute. If a passenger plane should pass over your house--fairly high in the sky, it will be in your vision maybe 5 minutes. Just think how far the stars are from the earth compared to those planes.
2007-04-29 01:58:42 · answer #5 · answered by old_woman_84 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at a star through a telescope, and you'll see how fast they really move. A star crosses the field of view of my telescope in less than a minute.
2007-04-29 08:24:31 · answer #6 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It spins fast, but the size makes it appear slow.
2007-04-29 01:06:00 · answer #7 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1- The stars are VERY far away
2- The circumference of the earth is so large that it takes time to rotate one time.
2007-04-29 01:01:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you ask me, anyone that has ever used a telescope without a motorized EQ mount will tell you they seem to move fast enough.
2007-04-29 03:46:28 · answer #9 · answered by Warren S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are so far away - that is my theory anyway.
2007-04-29 01:01:45 · answer #10 · answered by Michelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋