1 A wellness exam is an overall general health assessment that may include blood tests, urinalysis, and parasite screening. 2  A wellness exam is recommended for most pets at least annually.
At the equator, the Earth's surface moves 40,000 kilometers in 24 hours. That is a speed of about 1040 miles/hr (1670 km/hr or 0.5 km/sec). This is calculated by dividing the circumference of the Earth at the equator (about 24,900 miles or 40,070 km) by the number of hours in a day (24). As you move toward either pole, this speed decreases to almost zero (since the circumference of the spinning circle at the extreme latitudes approaches zero).
After all, if you stand at one of the poles, you'll spin right along with the rest of the Earth, but you'll be stationary with respect to its center. Stand on the equator, though, and you'll have a linear speed of 1,036 miles per hour (1,667 kilometers per hour) [source: Esri]. That's faster than the speed of sound, and one of the reasons we tend to launch rockets toward the east [source: NASA]!