Submitted by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey t3_zyesvt in askscience
IhoujinDesu t1_j27qqw7 wrote
Reply to comment by shadow29warrior in How fast does the Milky Way spin? How far does Earth move through space in a year? by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey
Relative to the CMB. The cosmic background radiation as a distant and very uniform reference frame can tell us about our motion through space due to doppler shift. It will vary throughout the year as we swing around in our orbit. And there is a consistant bias due to the sun's orbit around the milky way and the overall motion of the galaxy.
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