Submitted by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey t3_zyesvt in askscience
RonStopable08 t1_j268e5r wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How fast does the Milky Way spin? How far does Earth move through space in a year? by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey
But not in one direction, when looking at just the sun going in a “straight” line (its actually curbed since its orbiting but when looking at a small chunk it would look straight) then with the earth orbiting the sun while following this line earths actual path is that of a cork screw.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IJhgZBn-LHg/mqdefault.jpg
So even though the Earth and sun are going in the same direction, and are trevelling together, the earth gets more mileage than the sun.
Randolpho t1_j27iap6 wrote
Your image is from a debunked pseudoscientific woo animation.
The solar system orbital plane’s angle to the galactic orbital plane is about 60 degrees, not 90, and the solar system plane doesn’t rotate as it would have to do to follow the “vortex” animation your image is a still of.
Our planet’s path along its galactic orbit is much more complicated than a corkscrew.
RonStopable08 t1_j27l6sp wrote
Yes you are right, but it does illustrate the point that earth may move xyz miles a year. But the distance from where it is at the start of the year vs the end of the year is far less than xyz
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