January 23, 2015 at 1:56 pm
Night Sky Timelapse with Stars Fixed Shows We’re Just a Rock Hurtling Through Space
by twistedsifter
In this stabilized time-lapse, the stars’ position in the night sky is fixed so you can get a sense of our planet’s movement through space. And now it’s time for some mind-boggling figures:
– Earth rotates around its axis (at the Equator) at roughly 460 meters/second (503 yards/second)
– Earth orbits around our Sun at about 107,826 km/h (67,000 mph)
– Our solar system whirls around the center of the Milky Way galaxy roughly 788,579 km/h (490,000 mph)
You can read more about how fast Earth is moving in comparison to other objects at Scientific American.
Channels: AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, INFORMATIVE, STRANGE
Tags: · cosmos, earth, night time, science, space, stabilized, tech, timelapse, top
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