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Old Fri Jul 13, 2012, 09:37am
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Originally Posted by mbyron View Post
We're all moving at 17000 MPH around the sun and don't seem the worse for wear.
17k is wrong.

Depending on how far north you are, we're moving at up to 1000 mph around the axis of the earth (less as you go north). We are also moving at 66,000 mph around the sun. We are moving at about 43,000 mph relative to the nearby stars within our galaxy. We are also moving at about 483,000 mph as we rotate about the center of the galaxy. Lastly, using CBR as the frame of reference, the Milky Way itself is moving at 1,300,000 mph (toward Leo and Virgo)

And, like the Octopus ride at the fair, these spinning motions are sometimes in harmony with each other, sometime opposing each other.

(Of course, none of this approaches the speed of light at 670,000,000 mph)
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