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    1 year ago

    Much faster than that, even. The surface of the planet moves at up to ~1000mph relative to the earth’s center of mass, but once you factor in the orbit around the sun, the orbit around the galaxy, and even the galaxy’s motion, you’re looking at miles per second instead of mph.

    One article I found when googling this says that measuring relative to the cosmic microwave background, we are moving at 390 km/s.