Earth Rotation Speedometer
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Speed
1674 km/h
Also in mph
1040 mph
In m/s
465 m/s
Zone
Equator
Angular rate (the actual rotation)
15.04 °/hr
Units:
A note for the precise: rotation itself is an angular rate, Earth turns at
15.04°/hour (360° per sidereal day) no matter where you stand. What the gauge’s Rotation channel shows is the
tangential velocity that rotation gives you at your latitude:
v = ω·R·cos(lat). Same spin everywhere; the speed through space is what changes, 1,674 km/h at
the equator, zero at the poles. The Orbit,
Galaxy and Great Attractor channels stack
the larger motions you ride at the same time, the same speed regardless of latitude.
Trip Odometer
Distance you've traveled since opening this page.
Surface rotation
0.00 km
Around the Sun
0.00 km
Through the galaxy
0.00 km
Total distance
0.00 km
Your Speed vs. Famous Fast Things
Surface rotation speed at your latitude, compared.
How Fast Are You Really Moving?
You are never standing still. Here is every motion stacked up at your latitude.
Surface rotation
1,674 km/h
1,040 mph
Earth spinning on its axis, varies by latitude
Orbit around Sun
107,226 km/h
66,627 mph
Earth orbiting the Sun, constant regardless of latitude
Through Milky Way
828,000 km/h
514,000 mph
Solar system orbiting the galactic centre, ~225M yr orbit
Toward Great Attractor
2,160,000 km/h
1,342,000 mph
Milky Way pulled toward a mass concentration 150–250 Mly away
Atlas V · OSIRIS-REx Liftoff · 2016