Question

1. What is your velocity with respect to the surface of the Earth? (This one's easy!)
2. What is your velocity with respect to the center of the Earth? Please give your answer in km/s and miles per hour, and make sure to specify the direction as well! You may need to do a little research and look up a couple of numbers.
3. What is your velocity with respect to the center of the Sun? Again, give your answer in km/s and miles per hour, and do your best to specify your direction of motion in words.

Answer 1

Answer 2

1. Assuming that I am sitting, my velocity is zero with respect to the ground anywhere on earth.

2. The velocity of anything with respect to the center of the earth depends on the latitude,

• At equator, it has the maximum velocity of nearly which is or in the direction west to east.
• At poles, the velocity is zero.

3. The velocity with respect to the center of the sun is given by the ratio of the circumference of the earth's orbit around the sun and the time taken for the earth to complete one revolution.

From a vantage point at the north pole of the sun, the earth would appear to revolve in an anti-clockwise direction around the sun. And it would appear to revolve in a clockwise direction if the vantage point is on the south pole of the sun.