How does the rate of motion of Earth compare to the sun's rate?

Answer 1

Sun moves around Milky Way (MW) center at 29.82 km/s. Earth moves around Sun at 29.78 km/s. Indeed, a super-match-motion.

The Sun's revolution period around the MW center is 250 million years, and its distance from the center is 25000 light years. Appropriate unit conversions must be performed.

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Answer 2

Elena Antonova

The Earth orbits the Sun at an average speed of about 29.78 kilometers per second (about 18.5 miles per second). The Sun, on the other hand, orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy at a speed of about 220 kilometers per second (about 137 miles per second). Therefore, the Sun moves much faster than the Earth relative to the center of the galaxy.

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