The moon REVOLVES about the earth (and the earth REVOLVES about the
sun), the moon and earth ROTATE about their axes (and the moon is
rotation-locked to the earth so it always presents the same face to the
earth).
And actually earth rotation speed is about 1000mph (24 hours, 24000mi
circumference).
--R (The Pedant)
On 8/22/17 1:10 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
The Earth rotates at about 1700 mph at the equator, the moon orbits at
around 3400 mph in the same direction, so slightly faster, so the shadow
passes from west to east.
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Max
Charleston SC
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Do the sun and moon rotate in different directions around the planet?
The sun in this neighborhood rises in the east and sets in the west.
The moon also rises in the east and sets in the west?
Why did the eclipse totality go from west to east?
...yeah... duckduckgo
tin.man
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