As you read this you are traveling at a very fast rate of speed. How fast?
First we will look at the speed of the earth's rotation. The earth is rotating at a rate of between 1,040mph to 1,070mph at the equator. It actually spins slower as you go toward the North and South Pole. If you were to stand on the top of the world, at the North Pole, it would take an entire day to spin around one time. We do not notice how fast we are spinning as the earth is so large.
Now, let's look at how fast we are orbiting the sun. So, we know we are spinning around at roughly 1,040mph and now we will add the speed of the earth orbiting the sun. We are moving at a rate of roughly 67,000mph around the sun! By the way, at the same time, the moon is flying around the earth at a rate of roughly 2,286mph.
Let's get even faster and look at the speed of the solar system. It is estimated that the solar system is flying through the galaxy at roughly 490,000mph! If that is not fast enough for you, some scientists estimate that our galaxy is moving at a tremendous 1.37 million miles per hour!
So, we are spinning at 1,040mph, whipping through the solar system around the sun at 67,000mph, rolling through the galaxy at 490,000mph which is estimated to be moving at 1.37 million miles per hour.
