SOLUTION: Find the speed of the earth with respect to the center of the sun as the earth travels around the sun. Use the distance from the center of the eart to the center of the sun as 90,0

Question 503614: Find the speed of the earth with respect to the center of the sun as the earth travels around the sun. Use the distance from the center of the eart to the center of the sun as 90,000,000 miles and the earth takes about 365 days to circle the sun.
Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assuming the earth follows a circular orbit (which we know it does not), then we can calculate the distance traveled using the circumference for a circle:
distance = diameter*pi
.
distance = 2*90 000 000 * pi
distance = 180 000 000 * pi
.
daily distance traveled
180 000 000*pi/365
which is about
1 549 278.57 miles per day
.
hourly distance traveled
1 549 278.57/24
which is about
64 553.2737 miles per hr
.
Done.

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