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Our speed through space

Author:      d taylor
How fast are we moving through space?  

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Author:      samuel p bowen
This is tricky.  It depends on which movement you want.  We are moving
around the Sun .  The Sun is moving relative to the center of our galaxy and
our galaxy is moving relative to the nearby other galaxies.

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