The Earth orbits the Sun
every 365¼ days. The Earth’s orbit is not quite circular but ellipse and when
it is closest to the Sun, it revolves or moves at 18.2 miles per second and
when it is farthest away from the Sun it travels at 18.8 miles per second (on
average 30 km/h. As for the case of SuperMoon recently, Moon looked larger
because it orbiting in ellipse nearer to the Earth and moves at 3,683 km/h on
average).
The Earth also rotates
about its own axis once every 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.091 seconds. This means
that the stars rise just under 4 minutes earlier each day. In four years this
adds up to a whole day, which is why is added to the calendar at the end of
February every fourth year or what is called the “leap year.”
In addition to the Earth’s
own movement, our solar system is orbiting the Milky Way galaxy at 160 miles
per second and the galaxy is travelling through space at about 390 miles per
second. We all are moving even when we’re not moving. Get it?
Lord, Give
Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)
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