When you say it crosses the galactic plane regularly, can you possibly expand on that? How exactly does it cross it? Does it rotate across it or simply wobble slightly so that it crosses it? Sorry if I phrased that poorly, I'm not sure how to word the question exactly.
I'm know that the...
Thanks Marcus, that's a lot clearer, I totally get what you're saying. I have some knowledge of CMB, but evidently I don't know enough about it, so i'll read up on it some more. I got the speeds that I put in the original post from this site in case you were wondering where the numbers came...
I think I'm getting this now.
Velocity is only a viable measure of distance covered over time by an object when you have another object to compare the first moving object against.
Since space doesn't have a speed, we can't compare anything within it to that hypothetical speed, and...
Thanks for the answer Janus, I was sure my answer was too simplistic but I wasn't sure how to check so I thought i'd better ask. I think I understand it a little better now.
I've been trying to work out for a while now the total speed that something on Earth's surface travels through space at any given time. I'm not sure about my maths though, so I'm wondering if anyone can help me.
These speeds are rough estimates based on various articles and explanations that...