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The Earth orbits the Sun at an average of about 107,000 km/h (67,000 mph).
The Earth orbits the Sun in an elliptical path; when closer to the Sun (perihelion is on January 4), the Earth is moving a bit more quickly, and when the Earth is farther away (aphelion about July 3) it is moving a little bit more slowly. But the average speed is around 67,000 MPH.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoLet us do a little math. The sun is 93 million miles away. Earth's orbit is not perfectly circular, but close enough that treating this as a radius and multiplying it by 2 pi gives us a good approximation of the total distance earth travels in a year.
2π(93000000) = 584 million miles. 584 million divided by 365 is 1.6 million miles per day. Divide that by 24 and you get 67 thousand miles per hour. Divide that by 60 and you get 1111 miles per minute. Divide by 60 again: 18.5 miles per second. Yes, I'd round that off to 19 miles per second.
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∙ 14y agoThe speed of light (in a vacuum) is not affected by movement. The speed of light is the same for any observer. This seems counterintuitive, when you think about it, but countless experiments (starting with the famous Michelson-Morley experiment) have failed to find a difference in the speed of light, no matter how the emitter or the observer moves.
The speed of light (in a vacuum) is not affected by movement. The speed of light is the same for any observer. This seems counterintuitive, when you think about it, but countless experiments (starting with the famous Michelson-Morley experiment) have failed to find a difference in the speed of light, no matter how the emitter or the observer moves.
The speed of light (in a vacuum) is not affected by movement. The speed of light is the same for any observer. This seems counterintuitive, when you think about it, but countless experiments (starting with the famous Michelson-Morley experiment) have failed to find a difference in the speed of light, no matter how the emitter or the observer moves.
The speed of light (in a vacuum) is not affected by movement. The speed of light is the same for any observer. This seems counterintuitive, when you think about it, but countless experiments (starting with the famous Michelson-Morley experiment) have failed to find a difference in the speed of light, no matter how the emitter or the observer moves.
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∙ 14y agoThe speed of light (in a vacuum) is not affected by movement. The speed of light is the same for any observer. This seems counterintuitive, when you think about it, but countless experiments (starting with the famous Michelson-Morley experiment) have failed to find a difference in the speed of light, no matter how the emitter or the observer moves.
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∙ 12y agoIt takes Earth one year - about 365 days - to move once around the Sun. That's how the year is defined.
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∙ 14y agoThe Earth revolves around the Sun at an average speed of about 29.9 km/s or in miles 18.6m/s
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∙ 12y ago100 miles per hour
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∙ 13y agoThe speed in its orbit is about 30 km/sec (30,000 meters/second).
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∙ 14y agoThe earth's mean orbital velocity is 29.8 km per second (18.5 miles per second).
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∙ 14y agoThe speed the Earth travels around the Sun is 29.9 km/s. This is calculated by taking the Earths orbital circumference (942000000 km) and dividing by the orbital period (365 days)
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Why do you not feel the speed of the Earth revolving around the Sun?
gravity
Which of the following planets revolves around the sun with the greatest speed?
earth
How long does the revolution take to go around the sun?
It takes 365 solar days for the Earth to make a revolution around the sun. The distance of the Earth from the sun along with it's access are what cause the change in seasons. The speed of the orbit is he speed is 108,000 km/h.
What speed does earth travel when it completes one revolution around the sun?
30km/hr
What was Copernicus' idea about the earth and the sun?
That the earth revolves around the sun, not that the sun revolves around the earth.
Does earth speed around sun vary?
no
What is the speed of Mercury around the Sun?
It takes 87.97 earth days to orbit around the sun.
What is the maximum velocity that the Earth is able to revolve around the Sun without losing the ability to harbor life?
The speed of Earth is related to the position of its orbit around the Sun. At a higher speed, Earth would need to be closer to the Sun; at a lower speed, it would need to be farther from the Sun. In its current orbit, Earth moves around the Sun at a speed of about 30 km/second. Earth can't get much closer to the Sun (and therefore move faster) than that; for instance, Venus moves around the Sun at a mean speed of about 35 km/second, and it seems that Venus is too close to the Sun for life.
What speed does the sun move across the earth's surface?
The sun does not move acroos the earth. the sun stands still and the earth moves around it.
Is the speed of earth when revolving around sun effect earth atmosphere?
yes.
Why do you not feel the speed of the Earth revolving around the Sun?
gravity
Is the speed of revolution of earth is 30 km per sec?
Yes, that is the approximate speed of Earth, as it goes around the Sun. The exact speed depends on whether Earth is at periapsis or apapsis, but 30 km/sec. is a good approximation.Yes, that is the approximate speed of Earth, as it goes around the Sun. The exact speed depends on whether Earth is at periapsis or apapsis, but 30 km/sec. is a good approximation.Yes, that is the approximate speed of Earth, as it goes around the Sun. The exact speed depends on whether Earth is at periapsis or apapsis, but 30 km/sec. is a good approximation.Yes, that is the approximate speed of Earth, as it goes around the Sun. The exact speed depends on whether Earth is at periapsis or apapsis, but 30 km/sec. is a good approximation.
How do you place a satellite in earth orbit around sun?
It would need to be launched into a tangent plane parellel to that of the earth's orbit around the sun, with the same speed of rotation around the sun
What speed dose earth travel around the sun?
=107,300 km/h well were not sure=
How fast can the earth travel around the sun?
The Earth is orbiting the sun at an average speed of 30 kilometers per second.
Does the speed earth revolve around the sun logic?
100,000 km/hr the earth will become a comet or same as the sun
What is the distance traveled by earth in the universe per hour?
around the sun + sun in galaxy+galaxy in space= speed earth?
