The planet's radius is 5000000 m. The planet's period of rotation is 16 hours. How fast...

The planet's radius is 5000000 m. The planet's period of rotation is 16 hours. How fast (in m/s) would a person standing at the equator be moving because of this rotation?

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How fast is our Earth rotating? More specifically, how fast are you moving due to the Earth's rotation on its axis? The answer always seems surprising, since as you observe the Earth from your residence, objects on the Earth don't seem to be moving that fast. In fact, some of the ancient astronomers (including Aristotle) believed that the Earth was stationary since there seemed to be no direct evidence and this was complicated by the fact that many believed that the Earth was at the center of the known universe and that everything, including the Sun, orbited it. Of course, we know now that the Earth is not stationary, is not at the center of anything, including our own Solar System, and does indeed rotate on an axis. We see this rotation every single day as the Sun, the Moon, planets and stars appear to move from east to west in our local skies every single day. The Earth's gravity keeps us rooted on the ground, thankfully! Here for this planet The speed of the man at equator will be =2*3.14*5000000/(16*3600)m/s =545.14m/s

genius_generous answered 1 year ago

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