Submitted by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey t3_zyesvt in askscience
Aseyhe t1_j282jye wrote
Reply to comment by McFlyParadox in How fast does the Milky Way spin? How far does Earth move through space in a year? by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey
The opposite: since we are currently moving (with respect to the CMB frame) slower than the galaxy by about 180 km/s, in half a galactic year we should be faster than the galaxy by about the same, achieving about 730 km/s.
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