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At the equator Earth rotates with a velocity of about 465 m/s. What is this velocity in kilometers per day?

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465 m/s is 0.465 kilometers per second. There are 86400 is a day so then 0.465 times 86400 is 40176.

This means it rotates at 40176 kilometers per day.

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