2. graded adjective. If you describe the appearance of something as fanciful, you mean that it is unusual and elaborate rather than plain and simple. The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.
Earth's orbital speed averages about 30 km/s (108,000 km/h; 67,000 mph), which is fast enough to cover the planet's diameter in seven minutes and the distance to the Moon in four hours.
Movement of the Earth through Space. The 24-hour-per-day spin of the Earth accounts for the Coriolis force.. The Earth is 40,000 kilometers (24,900 miles) around at its widest part, the equator.Because it spins on its axis once in 24 hours, a point on the Earth's equator is traveling about 1,700 km per hour (1,000 miles per hour) relative to its axis.ovement of the Earth through Space. The 24-hour-per-day spin of the Earth accounts for the Coriolis force.. The Earth is 40,000 kilometers (24,900 miles) around at its widest part, the equator.