The devaluation of these kinds of connections means that many people are also deeply confused by them, especially when they encounter queerplatonic partners in person. And I do say partner, and sometimes refer to the unit formed by a partner and myself as a couple, because we are. We function like a couple, we do things together, we are intimate with each other, though not necessarily in the way people expect. We are a couple.
| Cool Cosmos. Earth moves very fast. It spins (rotates) at a speed of about 1,000 miles (1600 kilometers) per hour and orbits around the Sun at a speed of about 67,000 miles (107,000 kilometers) per hour. We do not feel any of this motion because these speeds are constant.
In the case of natural space objects (meteoroids) that orbit around the Sun, these travel at even greater velocities. To remain in its orbit around the Sun, the Earth has to move at 30 km/sec. Other objects that come near the Earth may have relative velocities ranging anywhere from 11 km/sec to 72 km/sec. A 2 mm space debris fragment colliding at 10 km/s is like being hit with a cricket ball at 100 km/hour. 2  A 10 mm fragment at the same speed is like being hit by a large motorbike at 100 km/hour.