why we not feel the movement of earth when it get closer to the sun and its revolution becomes faster
why we not feel the movement of earth when it get closer to the sun and its revolution becomes faster
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Why can’t we feel Earth’s spin?
By EarthSky in EARTH | February 5, 2017
We can’t feel Earth’s rotation or spin because we’re all moving with it, at the same constant speed.

Image via NASA.gov
Earth spins on its axis once in every 24-hour day. At Earth’s equator, the speed of Earth’s spin is about 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 kph). The day-night has carried you around in a grand circle under the stars every day of your life, and yet you don’t feel Earth spinning. Why not? It’s because you and everything else – including Earth’s oceans and atmosphere – are spinning along with the Earth at the same constant speed.
It’s only if Earth stopped spinning, suddenly, that we’d feel it. Then it would be a feeling similar to riding along in a fast car, and having someone slam on the brakes!