How far do you think you've come in life?
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:12 pm
Aprox. Earth radius = 6,378km
Latitude for Lurgan (my home) = 53.9250
Circumference of earth at latitude = 2 pi r cos(x)
= 2 pi 6378 cos 53.9250
= 23,597km
Earth rotates once per 24 hours so distance travelled in one day = 23,597km
365.25 days in one year
Distance travelled on earth in one year assuming you stay roughly in one place ->
365.25 x 23,597km = 8,618,956km
Earth is aprox. 146,000,000km from the sun
Thus orbit of earth = 2 x pi x r
= 917,345,055 km
Total aproximate distance moved in one year by a person standing on earth staying roughly in the same place ->
distance moved by earth around sun x distance moved by rotation of earth
= 917,345,055 x 8,618,956
= 7,906,556,664,554,392km
Total number of years I've spent on the planet = 27 (as of August 3rd)
Thus total distance moved by me assuming I've stayed roughly in the same place on the earth since birth ->
Age x Total distance moved each year
= 27 x 7,906,556,664,554,392km
= 213,477,029,942,968,574km
Note that I did an awful lot of rounding up and I'm not taking into account the fact that the sun itself is moving (and thus the solar system with it). The next time somebody thinks they haven't really gone anywhere in life tell them they move more than they realise.
Latitude for Lurgan (my home) = 53.9250
Circumference of earth at latitude = 2 pi r cos(x)
= 2 pi 6378 cos 53.9250
= 23,597km
Earth rotates once per 24 hours so distance travelled in one day = 23,597km
365.25 days in one year
Distance travelled on earth in one year assuming you stay roughly in one place ->
365.25 x 23,597km = 8,618,956km
Earth is aprox. 146,000,000km from the sun
Thus orbit of earth = 2 x pi x r
= 917,345,055 km
Total aproximate distance moved in one year by a person standing on earth staying roughly in the same place ->
distance moved by earth around sun x distance moved by rotation of earth
= 917,345,055 x 8,618,956
= 7,906,556,664,554,392km
Total number of years I've spent on the planet = 27 (as of August 3rd)
Thus total distance moved by me assuming I've stayed roughly in the same place on the earth since birth ->
Age x Total distance moved each year
= 27 x 7,906,556,664,554,392km
= 213,477,029,942,968,574km
Note that I did an awful lot of rounding up and I'm not taking into account the fact that the sun itself is moving (and thus the solar system with it). The next time somebody thinks they haven't really gone anywhere in life tell them they move more than they realise.
