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Speed of Earth's rotation around the Sun

Speed of Earth's rotation around the Sun (107,000 km/h)

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Speed of Earth's rotation around the Sun (107,000 km/h)

  • is 50 x Speed of Concorde passenger SST (2,140 km/h)...more
  • is 1000 x Top speed of a Mallard duck in flight (105 km/h)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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