A scene in time / 01—03
How far does Earth travel in one minute?
A distance calculated from its mean speed around the Sun.
Earth's orbit · distance over elapsed time
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In one minuteAbout 1,787 km
The scene illustrates scale; it is not drawn to physical scale.
Source & calculation
NASA NSSDC · Earth Fact Sheet
29.78 km/s mean orbital speed × elapsed seconds
Not a measurement of its position right now or its rotation speed.
Source reviewed: September 29, 2026
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