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To: C210N
Relative to what? The earth? The sun? Interstellar space?

HA! That's the same thing I initially thought about.

Measured against interstellar space, each of us are moving at least 1,300,000 mph, just sitting at our desktops.

Where did you get that number? I actually tried some back-of-the-envelope calculations the other day, and could only really give approximations about rotation speed (approximately 1000 mph), and orbital speed, which was quite a bit more. My numbers on the galactic orbital speed was really too fuzzy to use.

60 posted on 06/29/2018 10:36:21 AM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: zeugma
From here: How Earth Moves

It's 20 minutes, but the relevant to this discussion stuff is 17-19 minutes in. But, the whole thing is well done, and sets up the question at hand, IMHO.

It's funky, but your speed varies, as the earth spins each day, from like 1,299,500 MPH to 1,300,500 MPH!

61 posted on 06/29/2018 10:59:07 AM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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