{"id":39921,"date":"2025-01-05T17:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=39921"},"modified":"2025-01-16T14:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:24:46","slug":"1000-mph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/01\/05\/1000-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"1,000 MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/IX\/1000-MPH-I.mp3\"> 1000-MPH-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/IX\/1000-MPH-I.mp4\"> 1000-MPH-I.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/IX\/1000-MPH-II.mp3\"> 1000-MPH-II.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/IX\/1000-MPH-II.mp4\"> 1000-MPH-II.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/IX\/1000-MPH-Interlude.mp3\"> 1000-MPH-Interlude.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/IX\/1000-MPH-intro.mp3\"> 1000-MPH-intro.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nIn the middle<br \/>\nMoving at 1,000 miles per hour<br \/>\nSo the riddle<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the roll at the pole<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nStanding on top of the world<br \/>\n(Growing old)<br \/>\nGoing nowhere<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m already there)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nMove toward the center<br \/>\n(At last moving fast)<br \/>\nInto the speed zone&#8230; enter!<br \/>\n(Moving fast at last)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nStanding on top of the world<br \/>\n(Growing old)<br \/>\nGoing nowhere<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m already there)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nMove toward the center<br \/>\n(At last moving fast)<br \/>\nInto the speed zone&#8230; enter!<br \/>\n(Moving fast at last)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nMoving fast at last<br \/>\n(At last moving fast)<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<br \/>\nThe distance around the Earth depends on where you measure:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Equatorial Circumference<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Distance:<\/strong> ~24,901 miles (40,075 kilometers)<\/li>\n<li>The equator is the widest part of the Earth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Polar Circumference<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Distance:<\/strong> ~24,860 miles (40,008 kilometers)<\/li>\n<li>Slightly shorter due to the Earth&#8217;s oblate spheroid shape (flattened at the poles).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This difference arises because the Earth&#8217;s rotation causes a bulge at the equator.<\/p>\n<p>The Earth is spinning at approximately <strong>1,000 miles per hour (1,609 kilometers per hour)<\/strong> at the equator.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Circumference at the Equator<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rotation Period<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rotational Speed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>At the <strong>equator<\/strong>, the rotational speed is ~1,038 mph (1,669 km\/h).<\/li>\n<li>The speed decreases as you move toward the poles because the <strong>circumference<\/strong> of the latitude circle shrinks.<\/li>\n<li>At the <strong>poles<\/strong>, the rotational speed is effectively <strong>0 mph<\/strong> since you&#8217;re simply spinning in place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/longview\/\">Longview<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/Daniel\/\">Daniel<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/IX\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1000-MPH-I.mp3 1000-MPH-I.mp4 1000-MPH-II.mp3 1000-MPH-II.mp4 1000-MPH-Interlude.mp3 1000-MPH-intro.mp3 [Verse] In the middle Moving at 1,000 miles per hour So the riddle What&#8217;s the roll at the pole [Bridge] Standing on top of the world (Growing old) Going nowhere (I&#8217;m already there) [Chorus] Move toward the center (At last moving fast) Into the speed zone&#8230; enter! 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