earth’s rotation speed from perspective

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One point on the earth’s surface moves 460 meters in one second from A to B which would look very fast if you would be very near to earth frozen in place looking at it. I know that’s not possible because your position is relative to earth and there is no absolute center in the galaxy and that it is always about relativity to something and stuff, which I also don’t really get.

But I am just wondering right now, how come it looks so slow from so far away?

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A car looks slow from far awar too, and your hand looks fast if you move it right before your face. It’s just perspective.

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