How Fast Is 1 5 Million MPH?

"If the Earth is orbiting the Sun at 67,000 miles per hour, if the solar system orbits Sagittarius A* (look it up) at 225,000 miles per hour, if the Milky Way Galaxy speeds toward the Great Attractor at 1.5 million miles per hour, why is Polaris in the same spot forever?" Let's answer that question by taking the most incomprehensibly preposterous speed in the list, 1.5 million miles per hour and asking what needs to be asked. "What does 1.5 million miles per hour really mean? Can we look at it?" And the answer is yes. Using Universe Sandbox Squared, a software scale model of the solar system including tens of thousands of known solar system objects, we can get the answer, tossing all the numbers out the window and actually look at what 1.5 million miles per hour looks like. We'll use the short yardstick of the distance of Earth to the Moon. I'll ramble incoherently in the background to keep you awake. Remember, this is real time, the actual positions of all the solar system objects, moving at their real speeds. All distances and proportions are real and all objects are rendered to scale. This program uses two principles: the law of perspective and the law of gravity. The combination of the two govern everything you see here. Enjoy. I suggest a cup of coffee if you want to stay awake. I hope you're amazed before you are bored. Kumasi Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ EDM Detection Mode by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Cylinder Two by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/