Universal Speed in an Elephant Sanctuary
Pale Blue Pod
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How Fast Is the Earth Rotating on Its Axis?
There should be normies in the Olympics. Just to show because it doesn't look impressive when everyone is so good at it. But my stupid little brain is like, I need to compare this to something else. So with that caveat that speed is relative, we can try and find like the total velocity of us on Earth through space. And that total velocity will be the sum of the Earth's rotation speed about its axis, the Earth's orbital speed around the sun, plus the galaxy's motion towards something that we'll talk about later. Oh my gosh. That's a lot of movement. My dragon mean is coming out. Yeah.
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