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Originally Posted by Jerome
In 24 hours the earth has spun 360 degrees.
In 24 hours the moon has traveled only 13 degrees of the earth.
ETA: these are the numbers given by the spinning globe propagators
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That works out to the surface of the Earth moving 40,075 Km in 24 hours and the Moon moving aprox. 313,983 Km in 24 hours. That's almost 8 times as fast.