How fast does the earth spin at Greenland?

Answer 1

At the equator, it is turning at a little more than 1000 miles per hour. There are 24 time zones, and the equator is about 25,000 miles in length. So each time zone is a little more than 1000 miles wide at the equator.

Answer 2

The Earth rotates at a speed of 1670 kilometers per hour at the equator, but this speed decreases as you move towards the poles. In Greenland, which is closer to the North Pole, the rotational speed is slower.

Answer 3

it rotates towards the east. So if you were looking down from space directly above the north pole it would rotate anticlockwise.If you look from above the equator (like looking at an atlas or map of the world) then it rotates towards the right.

Answer 4

The Earth spins at the rate of one rotation every 23hours 56minutes 4seconds. (rounded)

An easier way to remember it is: Roughly once per day.

-- The linear speed of an object on the surface at the equator is about 1,035 miles per hour,

from west to east.

-- It's about 850 miles per hour in the middle of the continental USA, 440 miles per hour

in central Alaska, and zero at the north or south poles.

Answer 5

the world spins slow that is why you can't fell it moving

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Answer 6

The following are approximate numbers:

-- 1 revolution per day

-- 0.262 radians per hour

-- 1/4 degree per minute

-- 1,000 miles per hour for a point on the equator

Answer 7

The linear speed of a point on the equator is about 1,037 miles per hour. As the earth's radius

tapers down from the equator toward the poles, a point has a shorter distance to rotate and the

speed decreases, until it's zero at the poles.

Greenland is a big place, spanning a range of almost 24 degrees of latitude. The rotation speeds

differ widely, depending on exactly which place you're interested in.

At Nanortalik, near the southern tip, latitude 60.2° north, the speed is about 516 mph.

At Godthab, the capitol, latitude 64.2° north , it's about 452 mph.

At Thule, high on the west coast, latitude 77.5° north , it's about 224 mph.

And at the northernmost point on the north coast, latitude 83.6° north, it's about 114 mph.

Answer 8

Looking down from above the North Pole, the Earth rotates counter-clockwise; right-to left. From our perspective on the Earth, we're going east about about 900 miles per hour (depending on our latitude.)

Answer 9

There are many different motions of the Earth; assuming you're talking specifically about rotation rather than orbit around the sun or the galactic center or whatever, then you make one full rotation every 23 hours and 56 minutes. In order to figure out how fast that is in miles per hour, you'd need to specify a latitude: it's about 1000 mph near the equator and essentially zero at the poles.

Answer 10

Clockwise, are the exact center of my head.