Earth is revolving on its axis (24 hours), but see how much time a flight takes from London to New York. Earth's speed as it travels around the Sun to be 18.55 miles per second. With the following information below: Imagine what speed you are traveling. When someone understands this, then they will able to understand about the person who created all this.
Earth, along with the entire Solar System is moving around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Sun and Solar System shown below are located about 26,000 light years from the center of the galaxy. Our galaxy's stars are not stationary. They are constantly circling the center. Some near the very center may be consumed by a black hole. Our Sun is not affected by this black hole because of its enormous distance from the center. It takes our Sun 225 million years to make one trip around the galaxy.
2007-10-18 08:42:58 · 15 answers · asked by ? 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
In round figures the diameter of the Sun's orbit around the galaxy is 52,000 light years. To get the circumference, or orbit, we multiply 52,000 x 3.1416 = 163,363 light years. (See Formulas page) This is a huge figure. One light year is the distance light travels in a year, 5,880,000,000,000 miles. Hence the Sun's orbit is 960,574,440,000,000,000 miles, much too large a figure to comprehend. Enter the parsec, a term used to make these figures manageable. One parsec is 3.26 light years or 19.2 trillion miles. By dividing our huge number above by 19.2 trillion we get 50,029.9 parsecs. That's much easier to say. Now it's time to estimate the Solar System's speed while covering this vast distance.
960,574,440,000,000,000 miles divided by 225,000,000 years = 4,269,219,733 miles per year.
4,269,219,733 miles divided by 365 days = 11,696,492 miles per day.
11,696,492 miles divided by 24 hours per day = 487,353 miles per hour.
2007-10-18 08:43:27 · update #1
487,353 miles per hour divided by 60 minutes = 8,122 miles per minute.
8,122 miles per minute divided by 60 seconds = 135 miles per second.
The Sun is 4.6 billion years old so it has made the 225 million year trip 20.5 times.
It is estimated that our Milky Way Galaxy spans over 100,000 light years and contains 200 billion stars.
My good friend and fellow astronomer Tom Campbell asked me to include this interesting fact. If the diameter of the galaxy is 100,000 light years, then it's Area = pi r2 or 7,853,980,000 light years. With 200 billion stars, the average distance between stars should be 0.039 LY. Since our nearest star Alpha Centauri is 4.3 LY away, we are living in a pretty rural part of the galaxy. As Tom mentioned, the area was computed as though the Milky Way is a flat disk which of course it is not. It is relatively flat but is thickest at the center and tapers off toward the edges. This allows for the 0.039 average Light Year distance to increase somewhat.
2007-10-18 08:43:50 · update #2
Please take these figures as estimates. Some professional astronomers believe The Milky Way may contain as many as 300 billion stars and that its diameter may be much larger than 100,000 light years.
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2007-10-18 08:44:30 · update #3
no i never realized what my speed was because i always tried to match it with my speed of life and how my life went i went right in its path following it wherever it took me
thanks for the information
from indianbeauty
2007-10-19 08:47:53 · answer #1 · answered by indianbeauty13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Gentleman that Einstein would argue with you and say that two different geometries are required for our calculations.One for flat surfaces and the other for circular surfaces.For example on a flat surface the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.But take a piece of string and try to to construct a straight line on a globe.Also time and space are inseparable.The only constant in the universe is the speed of light.I don't off-hand recall the speed of sound but it is much less than the speed of light.In 1947 or 1948 Chuck Yeager flew faster than the speed of sound thus breaking the sound barrier.This resulted in a thunderous sound.The jet he was flyinying was a Bell X-1.Basically the point you are making is the Twin Parralax of Einstein's Theory of Relativity.This seems quite simple but is actually only understood by a Physics Professor.Up above that is Twin Parallax.A better question to ask is do you believe man will ever travel fast enough to surpass the speed of light and what consequenses might result?Actually according to Einstein the Untverse is stretching apart like a piece of taffy.How does this phenomenon fit into your "question"?Also it might be noted that Astronomers and Physicists have found this to be the case.
2007-10-20 04:13:24 · answer #2 · answered by lmott2805@yahoo.com 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As an Engineer your question is very appealing to me and I really enjoy the calculations.
I also know that most people hate math and calculations so some people might be upset for 'making' them read all that info.
Anyway, yes I did have an idea about how fast we were traveling. I have some issue with parts of the calculation but I understand the point of it.
Regards,
2007-10-18 08:50:19 · answer #3 · answered by Ben H 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hi gEnTLe m@n...
Firstly, i would like to say that i m very much impressed with u bro, as you really have a very vast knowledge and even you have the desire to know more and learn more. Really very appreciable.
Secondly, i really never even thought of thinking that how fast is my speed. So really no idea. But the thing is i walk very fast. So maybe my speed is average.....tc....sweet dreamz...bye....
*****dO w@tEvEr uR hE@rT $@yZ.....*****.
2007-10-18 17:32:28 · answer #4 · answered by $@LLu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same with this one. very complicated and hard to understan for a young person like me. one of the youngest in Y/A i guess. it took me out of the world and i got absent minded. dont think i didnt read them. i read all ur questions but dont answer or star dues to some reason as said above. please dont be upset!!!!!! i know that you are a pot of knowledge.
2007-10-20 10:23:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know all of this?
I have never really thought of how fast I travel. I figured I travel only as fast as I am going.
2007-10-18 08:47:16 · answer #6 · answered by NeLLie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh boy, I'm so glad i found your question. I thought I was a geek but I can see that I have a lot to learn.
2007-10-18 09:30:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget-the galaxy is also moving at a tremendous speed.
2007-10-18 08:48:26 · answer #8 · answered by Fred F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah................... i think so. i am traveling at a medium speed level cuz slow speed aint good at all and fast speed can sometimes mess u up.
oh by the way great knwoledge
2007-10-18 09:29:27 · answer #9 · answered by indianbeauty 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
with all these #'s on the screen, I believe that my head is spinning faster than earth !!!!! hehehe
2007-10-22 15:41:31 · answer #10 · answered by Brilliant Queen (BQ)_forever !!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋