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.
The satellite is moving much faster than the earth's surface, though, because it must cover much more distance in the same amount of time. A geosynchronous satellite is moving at about 3.07 km/sec. Lower orbits are much faster.The space shuttle at 300km is moving at more like 7.73 km/sec. For comparison, the earth's surface at the equator moves at a leisurely 0.46 km/sec. To obtain a circular orbit of this velocity around earth, you would need to be at an altitude of around 1.6 million km. geosynchronous satellite is moving at about 3.07 km/sec. Lower orbits are much faster. The space shuttle at 300km is moving at more like 7.73 km/sec. For comparison, the earth's surface at the equator moves at a leisurely 0.46 km/sec.