Relative to the sun, the earth orbits roughly every 365 days. At 93 million miles away, that equals about 66,705 miles per hour (on average, due to the elliptical nature of the orbit).
Then if we consider the sun's orbit around the galactic core every 250 million years or so, and the distance from the galactic center of 7.62±0.32 kpc, that equals about 475,200 miles per hour. The Frequent Flier Miles are beginning to add up quickly.
The Milky Way is moving at roughly 1,360,800 miles per hour relative to the local co-moving frame of reference that moves with the Hubble flow. And this doesn't take into account the relative velocity of the Milky Way to the Andromeda Galaxy, with which we will collide.
Then if we consider how the local cluster is falling at about 2,160,000 mile per hour toward the Great Attractor (Norma Supercluster), which is pulling in millions of galaxies, including galaxies on the far side, we'll throw in the towel and call it a night(cap)...
...world moving too fast...
Relative to the sun, the earth orbits roughly every 365 days. At 93 million miles away, that equals about 66,705 miles per hour (on average, due to the elliptical nature of the orbit).
Then if we consider the sun's orbit around the galactic core every 250 million years or so, and the distance from the galactic center of 7.62±0.32 kpc, that equals about 475,200 miles per hour. The Frequent Flier Miles are beginning to add up quickly.
The Milky Way is moving at roughly 1,360,800 miles per hour relative to the local co-moving frame of reference that moves with the Hubble flow. And this doesn't take into account the relative velocity of the Milky Way to the Andromeda Galaxy, with which we will collide.
Then if we consider how the local cluster is falling at about 2,160,000 mile per hour toward the Great Attractor (Norma Supercluster), which is pulling in millions of galaxies, including galaxies on the far side, we'll throw in the towel and call it a night(cap)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWVshkVF0SY