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by mikhailfranco 650 days ago
Fun facts:

  Earth's orbital diameter is:      ~30 x 10^7 km
  number of seconds in a year is:   ~ π x 10^7 s
  so, Earth's orbital velocity is:  ~30        km/s

  speed of light, c, is:            ~30 x 10^4 km/s
  so, Earth's orbital diameter is:  ~ 1,000    light seconds
  and, Earth's orbital velocity is: ~ 0.0001   c