How fast does the Sun orbit the galaxy?
828,000 km/hAbout 514,000 mph · Orbit
About 230 km a second; one lap takes around 230 million years.
That's about 15,000 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
☀️828,000 km/h
🪐Neptune's escape velocity
By speed: the Sun's galactic orbit is about 9.8× faster than Neptune's escape velocity.
Things about as fast
- How fast was the Helios 2 probe?252,792 km/h
- How fast are Leonid meteors?255,600 km/h
- How fast was Juno at Jupiter?265,000 km/h
- How fast is Andromeda approaching us?396,000 km/h
- How fast is the Parker Solar Probe?692,000 km/h
- How fast is the solar wind?1.44 million km/h
- How fast is the Milky Way moving?2 million km/h
- What is the Sun's escape velocity?2.22372 million km/h
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].