Why does the night sky appear to move slowly even though the earth is rotating at 1,000mph?

Question

Why does the night sky appear to move slowly even though the earth is rotating at 1,000mph?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Same reason why flying at 30,000 ft the earth below looks like it’s barely moving despite you travelling at 600mph.

Mph isn’t really relevant when your only frame of reference is the insanely distant stars/moon/sun.

You’re travelling 24,000 miles around the earth at 1000mph so the entire reference background of the sky only moves 1/4 of a degree above you every minute.

If you positioned a 100% fixed rigid telescope to a foundation you could only catch stars in your line of sight so briefly (depending on how powerful your zoom is)