Re: Flying and the jet stream?
 

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The atmosphere moves with the earth. That's why when you jump up in the air, you don't suddenly get slammed into a wall at 10,000 mph.

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Given the diameter of the earth is about 25,000 miles and it rotates once per day the velocity would be closer to 1000 mph [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

~ Rick

PS Try to calculate the velocity of the Earth as it orbits the sun.

Re: Flying and the jet stream?
 

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PS Try to calculate the velocity of the Earth as it orbits the sun.

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That sounds hard. I'll guess and say 240,000 mph.

Re: Flying and the jet stream?
 

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PS Try to calculate the velocity of the Earth as it orbits the sun.

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That sounds hard. I'll guess and say 240,000 mph.

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Distance from sun is about 94 million miles so diameter of orbit is about 190 million miles times pi is about 600 million miles travled per year divided by 365 days is a little less than two million miles per day divided by 24 hours per day is about 80,000 mph [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

~ Rick

Edited post - actually laid down to rest my head for a few minutes before doing a final chore for the day and realized I made a small mistake - ruined my rest [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Re: Flying and the jet stream?
 

And people say they never go anywhere. The solar system itself is also on the move and our lovely Milky Way is also zoom along at a faily nice clip heading into the distance gloom of heat death that entropy has in store for everything.

-Zeno

Re: Flying and the jet stream?
 

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diameter of orbit is about 190 million miles times pi is about 300 million miles

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Eh?

Re: Flying and the jet stream?
 

just corrected in edit - see above

it did bother me enough to wake me from a two minute nap!

Re: Flying and the jet stream?
 

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And people say they never go anywhere. The solar system itself is also on the move and our lovely Milky Way is also zoom along at a faily nice clip heading into the distance gloom of heat death that entropy has in store for everything.

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Care to calculate the velocity relative to nirvana? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

~ Rick

Re: Flying and the jet stream?
 

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Anyway, I mainly just wanted to post that I had dinner with an astronaut, 'cuz that's cool.

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You left yourself open to a really bad Uranus quip, but I'll let you off easy this time.

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Care to calculate the velocity relative to nirvana? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


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I'll leave that to Mr. Zee. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

-Zeno

Re: Flying and the jet stream?
 

The solar system itself is also on the move and our lovely Milky Way is also zoom along at a faily nice clip

Relative to what exactly?

GoT