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

Stars are really really far away although we are orbiting the sun quite fast. Its like when you’re driving on a highway, things closer appear to move faster and things way way way farther away dont move at all. Like a mountain in the distance. Its cause our field of view is so wide when we talk about light years, any movement looks stationary until we turn are heads 360 (earth rotating) 😆