Taking account the speed of the rotation of the Earth, in addition to the speed the Earth orbits the Sun, in addition to the speed of the Sun as it orbits around the galaxy, exactly how fast am I going while I'm sitting here typing this question?
Bonus point: how many miles did you travel answering this question?
2007-09-03 13:12:09 · 3 answers · asked by Christine 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
By the way, this isnt homework or anything. Im on questionswap.com (its reall addicting) and this is the question I got. If you know the answer, please just tell me. :) Thankss!!!
2007-09-03 13:24:00 · update #1
As Einstein points out, it's all relative. Think of your tires on the highway - Relative to the highway, they're not moving (if they were, they'd squeal). Therefore, you never moved an inch, relative to earth.
2007-09-03 13:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by Bacse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay...
First: You did not tell us where you are, so we cannot report your speed as the Earth revolves on its axis. Your position relative to the Equator and the North or South Pole is highly revalent to that answer. Folks along the Equator are moving very fast. People near the North Pole or South Pole are moving very slowly in terms of the Earth's spin. So that part is not possible to respond to.
The Earth has a diameter of 7,946 Miles and its circumference is 7,946 x Pi = 24,950 Miles roughly. So a person living on the Equator moves around in a circle of 24,950 Miles length in 24 hours or 1,039.6 Miles Per Hour.
A person who lives near the North Pole might only move 30 or 100 Miles Per Hour as the Earth spins because they are so close to the axis of spin.
Now, the Earth is, on average, 96,000,000 miles from the Sun (= radius of a circle). So the rough circumference of the Earth's orbit around the Sun is 96,000,000 x Pi x 2 =
602,880,000 Miles which is traveled in 365.25 Days.
That distance is 1,650,595 Miles Per Day.
Or 68,774 Miles Per Hour that the Earth is traveling around the Sun. That divides down to about 1146 Miles Per Minute
which is really moving fast...
All of those calculations ignored the fact that the Earth's orbit is really an elipse and not a circle.
2007-09-03 20:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woooooaaaaaahhhh...
That one flew right over my head and into the great abyss.......
2007-09-03 20:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋