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What is the displacement and distance of the earth around the sun in one year?
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∙ 14y ago
== == The earth is traveling at aproxamitely 29.8km/h That makes the distance travelled in one day aproxamitely 2 574 720 km. besides the spelling being attrocious, thisanswer is non-sensical. ASSUMING the speed cited is correct, in 24 hours, someone on Earth would travel 1000 km in one day, NOT 2,574,720 km I believe the distance is correct, but the speed is WAY off brianmartin
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe Earth's orbit is almost circular. Earth travels about one degree around that orbit in one day. Here are the details:
There are 360° in a circle.
There are several slightly different definitions of the Earth's year.
There are 365.242199 days in a "tropical year" (just think 365.24).
To calculate how far the Earth travels around the Sun in one day, divide 360 by 365.24.
The answer is 0.9856°, on average. As the orbit is not a perfect circle this can change to a bit over or a bit less.
Notes: This answer has caused some discussion, but the arithmetic is OK now.
Actually, the answer originally mentioned the Earth's "sidereal year" . That's more logical.
Unfortunately the number used was for the "tropical year".
So, to make things easy, I've left the numbers the same, just changing "sidereal" to "tropical".
(The notes were meant to be a "minor edit". I forgot to use that box.
I don't want to annoy anyone.)
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∙ 14y agoAny movement must be specified in relationship to something. There is no such thing as an absolute movement. Do you mean, around our galaxy (the Milky Way)? Or with relationship to a specific star in the neighborhood; or perhaps the average of a lots of neighboring stars? How fast our galaxy moves with respect to the Local Group? The speed of our Local Group with relationship to our local supercluster? - You would get different results in every case.
Our solar system moves at about 220 km/s in it's revolution around the galactic centrum so in a day we journey almost 20 million kilometers through space around the black hole that is at the center of the Milky Way. I have no ides how we are moving with respect to another galaxy (such as Andromeda)
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∙ 11y agoThe Earth moves through its orbital path at approximately 67,000 miles per hour, and there are 24 hours in a day. The math should be simple.
The Earth is about 93,000,000 miles out from the sun. It's orbital length is pi X 2 X 93,000,000 or about 584,324,394 miles, which the Earth covers in a year. Earth orbital length by 365.25, and you get: 1,599,793 miles per day, and divide that by 24 and you get about 66,648 miles per hour.
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∙ 13y agoThe Solar System - and thus us - travels around the galactic centre at approximately 230 kilometers a second, or 828,000kph (515,000 mph).
So in one year "we" have travelled 4,514,393,576.55 miles or 4.5 trillion miles (7.25 trillion km)
This is just "us" around the galactic centre. It does not account for our Galaxies distance, nor the rotation of the Earth, nor the revolution around the Sun.
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∙ 12y agoAt an average orbital speed of 107,200 km per hour, the earth would travel the distance of 107,200 x 24 x 365.25 in one year. This is equal to around 940 million km. You could also work it out by using the radius of 150 million km (earth to sun average distance) squaring this and multiplying by Pi to give an approximate circumference which would be the orbit length.
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∙ 14y agoFrom the point of view of the sun . . .
-- The earth travels roughly (2 pi x 93 million) = 584.3 million miles around its orbit in a year
-- The earth's displacement is zero in a year, since it winds up exactly where it started.
The distance between its ending point and starting point is zero.
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∙ 11y agoMovement must always specified in relation to something. It is not clear, in the question, in relation to what you want to specify this movement. The movement around the center of the Milky Way is about 230 km/second, or 828,000 km/hour. However, there are other types of movement, too - it all depends on the chosen reference point.
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∙ 13y agoIn relation to what?
In relation to the galaxy, the Sun moves at about 515,000 mph.
In relation to itself, at the equator it moves at about 4,467mph
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∙ 14y ago360 degrees in 365.24 days ... that's awfully close to an average of 1 degree per day.
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Is a light year measured in distance?
Not really. A light year is a measure of distance. It is the distance light can travel in one earth year, about 6 trillion miles
Is the moon closer and farther from earth on its orbit?
Yes. The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical, with a maximum distance of about 406,000 km, and with a minimum distance of about 363,000 km. The Moon is also slowly receeding from the Earth, at a rate of about 38 mm/year, causing the Earth's day to lenghen by about 23 us/year.
Is the distance from the sun to the earth 1 light year?
No. A light year is the distance light travels in a year. By comparison, the sun is about 8 light minutes from Earth. This distance from Earth to the sun is called 1 astronomical unit or 1 AU.
What is the Earth's changing distance from the Sun during the year causes the seasons.?
The Earth's changing distance from the Sun during the year causes the seasons.
What planet takes 1 year to travel around the sun?
All planets take one "year" to orbit the Sun. That is the definition of a year. The length of the year will vary depending on the planets distance from the Sun.For instance the Earth has a year about 365 (Earth) days long, whilst Mercury has a year about 88 (Earth) days long.(Obviously the "simple" answer is The Earth.)Planet Earth.
Why does the distance between earth and the sun differ during the year?
Simply because the Earth's path around the sun is not a circle. Earth's orbit is an ellipse - meaning its distance from the sun varies according to the time of year.
The distance travel by Earth arounrd the Sun in an year?
The earth's path around the sun is not a perfect circle. But it's close, and in order to answerthis question, we'll assume that it is.The earth's average distance from the sun ... the radius of the "circle" ... is 93 million miles.The distance traveled by earth around the sun in a year ... the circumference of the circle ... is(2 pi) times (radius) = 584.3 million miles(rounded)
What is the distance from the sun and planet Jupiter?
Part of the answer is that you cannot get an exact distance for all times of the Jupiter year as the orbit of Jupiter around the sun is elliptic as is the earth's journey throughout the year.
Is a light year measured in distance?
Not really. A light year is a measure of distance. It is the distance light can travel in one earth year, about 6 trillion miles
Is the moon closer and farther from earth on its orbit?
Yes. The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical, with a maximum distance of about 406,000 km, and with a minimum distance of about 363,000 km. The Moon is also slowly receeding from the Earth, at a rate of about 38 mm/year, causing the Earth's day to lenghen by about 23 us/year.
Is the distance from the sun to the earth 1 light year?
No. A light year is the distance light travels in a year. By comparison, the sun is about 8 light minutes from Earth. This distance from Earth to the sun is called 1 astronomical unit or 1 AU.
What is the Earth's changing distance from the Sun during the year causes the seasons.?
The Earth's changing distance from the Sun during the year causes the seasons.
Why do you have longer and shorter days in the year?
It is because of movement of earth around sun. earth's orbit is elliptical and its distance from sun varies in a year so the duration of day and night also varies.
On which day there is minimum distance between sun and earth?
It occurs approximately January 4 every year, depending on where the moon is in its orbit around the earth (it pulls the earth towards it slightly so the minimum earth-sun distance can vary from January 2nd to 6th).
Earth travels around the sun in light years?
how many light years the earth travels around the sunNo. The Earth travels around the Sun in a measurement of time called a year, which is one revolution or trip around the sun: approximately 584,020,178 miles.A light year is a measurement of distance that light travels in one year, which is approximately 5.88 Trillion (5,880,000,000,000) miles!
Is the average distance from earth to the sun a light-year?
No. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 8 light-minutes.It takes light 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth, in other words.The distance that light can travel in one year is one light-year.
Why is it hot at the equater?
The Equator is the point around the earth where the distance the suns rays have to travel through the atmosphere to reach the Earth is the shortest. At that point it shines almost directly down all year around.
