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No. That's approximately the speed at which Earth rotates. The apparent speed of the Sun can't really be expressed in miles per hour, only in degrees per hour. It is approximately 15 degrees per hour.
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What is the line that the sun traces across the celestial sphere?
The "ecliptic". In truth, the Sun doesn't move; the apparent motion of the Sun across the sky is caused by the Earth spinning, and the apparent motion of the Sun across the "celestial sphere" is caused by the Earth orbiting the Sun. But the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun is what causes the apparent motion of the Sun across the celestial sphere, so the "ecliptic" is actually the plane of the Earth's orbit.
What is the cause of the apparent suns movement?
The sun doesn't move ,the earth is moveing around the sun.
The apparent rising and setting of the sun as seen from the earth are caused by?
the Earths rotation.
What is apparent movement of sun?
It appears to move from east to west because of the earth's rotation.
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.
What is the apparent speed of the sun along the ecliptic?
The apparent speed of the Sun along the ecliptic varies, because the Earth's orbit around the Sun is elliptical. The annual average speed is 360 degrees in 365.24 days, which is about 0.99 degrees per day. At a distance of 93 million miles, that translates to about 1.6 million miles per day, or about 67 thousand miles per hour.
How fast does the sun move over the surface of the earth as perceived from earth and how does one calculate that speed at various latitudes?
One day is 24 hours, so the apparent movement of the Sun is one full circle - or 360 degrees - every 24 hours. That is equivalent to 15 degrees per hour. That's the speed of the Sun as perceived from Earth - and such an apparent movement of an object in thesky has to be expressed in angular measurement (such as degrees or radians), not in meters/second, kilometers/hour, etc. Also, this apparent speed is the same at different latitudes. Actually, it can be slightly less when the Sun is not at the equinox, since then, the Sun doesn't describe a major circle from our point of view. But the difference is not great.
What is the line that the sun traces across the celestial sphere?
The "ecliptic". In truth, the Sun doesn't move; the apparent motion of the Sun across the sky is caused by the Earth spinning, and the apparent motion of the Sun across the "celestial sphere" is caused by the Earth orbiting the Sun. But the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun is what causes the apparent motion of the Sun across the celestial sphere, so the "ecliptic" is actually the plane of the Earth's orbit.
What is the apparent shift of stars as earth orbits the sun?
parallax :)
Which color star is the Earth's sun?
Our Sun has a spectral classification of Yellow (apparent yellowish white)
What is the cause of the apparent suns movement?
The sun doesn't move ,the earth is moveing around the sun.
Why is the sun called the apparent path?
When we view the rising and setting of the sun, we assume the viewpoint of a motionless Earth, but we know that the Earth is actually rotating on its axis, and the sun does not orbit the Earth.
The earth is moved from 1 au from the sun to 2 au from the sun how is the apparent brightness of the sun as seen from earth affected?
It appears to be one quarter as bright.
What is happening to the Moon's orbit that may prevent it from creating a Solar Eclipse some 600 million years from now?
The moon is very slowly receeding from the earth. At present, and purely by coincidence, the apprent size of the moon and sun are very nearly equal. Hence when the moon passes between the sun and the earth the moon completely obscures the sun when viewed from certain positions on the earths surface. As the moon receeds from the earth its apparent diameter will appear smaller while the suns apparent diameter will remain the same (as viewed from earth).
What is the average speed of Earth as it orbits the sun?
The average linear speed of Earth with respect to the sun is about 29.78 km/sec.
What is the tangential speed of the sun?
Speed, compared to what? The Sun's apparent speed in the sky, from our point of view, is approximately 15 degrees an hour. The Sun's speed around the center of the Milky Way is approximately 220 km/second. I believe that most of that is tangential speed.
The apparent rising and setting of the sun as seen from the earth are caused by?
the Earths rotation.
