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Our goals for learning: Spaceship Earth Our goals for learning: How is Earth moving in our solar system? How is our solar system moving in the Milky Way Galaxy? How do galaxies move within the universe? Are we ever sitting still?

How is Earth moving in our solar system? Contrary to our perception, we are not “sitting still.” We are moving with Earth in several ways, and at surprisingly fast speeds. The Earth rotates around its axis once every day. Our first motion is ROTATION. Point out that most of us are moving in circles around the axis at speeds far faster than commercial jets travel, which is why jets cannot keep up with the Sun when going opposite Earth’s rotation…

Earth orbits the Sun (revolves) once every year: at an average distance of 1 AU ≈ 150 million kilometers. with Earth’s axis tilted by 23.5º (pointing to Polaris) It rotates in the same direction it orbits, counterclockwise as viewed from above the North Pole. Our second motion is ORBIT. Point out the surprisingly high speed of over 100,000 km/hr.

How is our Sun moving in in the Milky Way Galaxy? Our Sun moves randomly relative to the other stars in the local solar neighborhood… typical relative speeds of more than 70,000 km/hr but stars are so far away that we cannot easily notice their motion … and orbits the galaxy every 230 million years. Our third and fourth motions are MOTION WITH THE LOCAL SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD and ROTATION OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY.

More detailed study of the Milky Way’s rotation reveals one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy: Although we won’t discuss dark matter until much later in the course, you might wish to mention it now to whet students’ appetites…

How do galaxies move within the universe? Galaxies are carried along with the expansion of the universe. But how did Hubble figure out that the universe is expanding? Describe the raisin cake analogy, and have students work through the numbers with you to make the table. (E.g., “How far away is Raisin 1 at the beginning of the hour? [1 cm] How far is it at the end of the hour? [3 cm] So how far would you have seen it move during the hour? [2 cm] So how fast is it moving away from you? [2 cm/hr]”

Hubble discovered that: All galaxies outside our Local Group are moving away from us. The more distant the galaxy, the faster it is racing away. Conclusion: We live in an expanding universe. Now relate the raisin cake analogy to the real universe…

Are we ever sitting still? This slide summarizes our motion with spaceship Earth…

What have we learned? How is Earth moving in our solar system? It rotates on its axis once a day and orbits the Sun at a distance of 1 AU = 150 million kilometers. How is our solar system moving in the Milky Way Galaxy? Stars in the Local Neighborhood move randomly relative to one another and orbit the center of the Milky Way in about 230 million years.

What have we learned? How do galaxies move within the universe? All galaxies beyond the Local Group are moving away from us with expansion of the universe: the more distant they are, the faster they’re moving. Are we ever sitting still? No! Earth is constantly in motion, even though we don’t notice it.