• PostingInPublic@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Around 1000 km per second. Mph, come on.

    Edit: says so right in tfa, I’ll take the come on back

    Edit 2: the escape velocity of the milky way is said to be 550 km per second. The orbital velocity of the sun around the milky way is 230 km per second.