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It is a near circular orbit. I believe the eccentricity (ratio of the widest diameter of orbit to smallest diameter) is currently about 0.017. Over eons, the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit varies from nearly 0.0034 to almost 0.058 as a result of changing gravitational attractions between Earth and the other planets.
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As the Earth races around the Sun at 30 km/sec (18 miles/sec). At sunrise the Earth is pushing you along the orbit and at sunset the Earth is trying to fall out from under you (at 66,000 mph!) while you are spinning around on the equator at 1040 mph (down to 0 mph at the poles).
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While the galaxy is moving at 666,000 mph through the universe, the Sun travels in an orbit around center of galaxy (at 560,000 mph) just as we orbit the sun (at 66,600 mph) and over a period of 1000's of years it also orbits around a local group of suns which cause u,s to travel up into the plane of the galaxy and then back down again.
At a certain time of year when our equator is in the same plane as our orbit and the sun is on the eastern horizon (i.e., sunrise) and if you are standing on the equator - you are traveling in a direction that is straight overhead at 66 thousand miles per hour! Time for your Superman-in-flight pose.
At any time of year at sunrise -- the direction of travel is somewhere within 23 degrees of straight overhead as well. (If you are at ## latitude then just subtract that from zenith (spot directly overhead) to be looking in the direction of earth motion).
Adding all this up depending on our position in the orbit around the galaxy, the time of year, and time of day you are traveling anywhere between 1,293,640 mph! to 38,360 mph in the direction of the Andromeda Galaxy (our nearest big neighbor). It takes ~125 million years to slow down or speed up between the velocities.
Each day on earth you go from 1000 mph in one direction to traveling 1000 mph in the opposite direction 12 hours later. By going into space you lose this daily rhythm. In the shuttle you change directions every 2 hours - at 18,000 mph.
And No you don't slow down and speed up (I.E, You Don't Feel Acceleration), in reality its just your vector (direction that changes).
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What do you call the path of the earth takes as it revolves around the sun?
The path that Earth takes as it revolves around the sun is called its orbit.
What do you call to the path where the earth revolves?
The Ecliptic.
What term means the path an object takes as it revolves around the sun?
The term for the path an object takes as it revolves around the sun is called an orbit.
What is the curved path that a planet follows as it revolves around the sun called?
The curved path that a planet follows as it revolves around the sun is called an orbit. This orbit is typically elliptical in shape, with the sun located at one of the two foci of the ellipse.
Why is the moon called the satellite of the earth?
The moon is called a satellite of earth because it revolves around the earth
What do you call the path of the earth takes as it revolves around the sun?
The path that Earth takes as it revolves around the sun is called its orbit.
What do you call to the path where the earth revolves?
The Ecliptic.
What path of earth as it revolves around the sun?
The Earth moves in a path which is in the shape of an ellipse. This is called an "elliptical orbit". Our path is very close to being a circle, but the distance from the Sun varies slightly because the path is actually an ellipse.
What is the movement of the moon around earth called?
The movement of the Moon around the Earth is called lunar orbit. It is an elliptical path that the Moon follows as it revolves around the Earth.
Application of uniform motion?
the earth revolves around the sun in a circular path
What do we call the path an object follows as it revolves around something else?
The path is called an orbit.
What term means the path an object takes as it revolves around the sun?
The term for the path an object takes as it revolves around the sun is called an orbit.
What is the name of the satellite which revolves around the Earth?
The satellite that revolves around the Earth is called the Moon.
What do you call imaginary elliptical path of the earht as it revolves around the sun?
gravity of the earth
What is the path of earth as it revovles around the sun?
The Earth describes and ellipse as it revolves round the Sun (all planets do).
The planets move around the sun in a path called an?
orbit, which is the curved path that a planet takes as it revolves around the sun.
What os the earth's path around the sun called?
Earth's path around the Sun is called Earth's Orbit.
