--R wrote: > 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).
The sun probably revolves? Thanks for (re)introduction to REVOLVE and ROTATE. tin.man > > 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. >> >> ------------- >> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
