if the earth moves at over 60k MPH, why does it appear slow to astronauts? Is everything relative to the universe moving? And if so, how fast are you really going when floating in space at a standstill?
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The movement that you’re speaking of is the earth orbiting the sun. Everything in our solar system is orbiting the sun, including the moon, the iss, and the astronauts, so relatively speaking the earth appears to be moving slowly. You can think of it like when you’re in a car – no one in the car looks like they’re moving at 60mph, because you are too.
The entire solar system is also moving as the galaxy rotates, but we don’t perceive that either because everything around us is moving together.
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