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[nb 1] Earth's orbital speed averages 29.78 km/s (19 mi/s; 107,208 km/h; 66,616 mph), which is fast enough to cover the planet's diameter in 7 minutes and the distance to the Moon in 4 hours. [3] The point towards which the Earth in its solar orbit is directed at any given instant is known as the "apex of the Earth's way". [4] [5]
Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the Sun, but once every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to other distant stars . Earth's rotation is slowing slightly with time; thus, a day was shorter in the past. This is due to the tidal effects the Moon has on Earth's rotation.
4 years, 5 months, 9 days Distance 40,000 kilometres (25,000 mi) Name Tony Mangan: Third runner to successfully run around the world. Having run 50,000 km, he holds the record for the longest world run according to the World Runners Association guidelines. Mangan is the third person to be inducted into the WRA membership. [citation needed] Date
The orbital distance of Earth will increase to at most 150% of its current value (that is, 1.5 AU (220 million km; 140 million mi)). [ 17 ] The most rapid part of the Sun's expansion into a red giant will occur during the final stages, when the Sun will be about 12 billion years old.
The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about two months. Earth will get a second moon for nearly 57 days this year ...
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23 days 15 hours 21 minutes and 3 seconds 1928 1928 [15] Hugo Eckener: 21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes 8 August 1929 29 August 1929 First circumnavigation in an airship, aboard LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst, New Jersey [16] [17] Pilot Wiley Post and navigator Harold Gatty: 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes 23 June 1931 1 July 1931
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