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I’m more talking about the 1,000mph the earth is spinning (at the equator). How do stars stay static in the sky on a rapidly spinning ball?
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Tomek ⚡ K 4mo ago

Static? They 'move' and it's actually aroun 360 degrees in 24 hrs 🤶

check sun for example

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Stacking Functions 4mo ago

Sorry static was a poor word choice. How about moving slowly?

‘Fixed’ is the word I was looking for.

If we are spinning hundreds of miles per hour how do they stay in a similar position?

Then they reappear in the same position the next night (with the exception of the planets- “wandering stars”)

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Tomek ⚡ K 4mo ago

Sorry, so where is the confusion? As you noticed, they slowly rotate (whole sky seems to do 360 in 24hrs, due to Earth's rotation - hundreds of miles per hous).