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The Earth is 150 million km from the sun. It completes one orbit in a period of approximately 365.25 days. Calculate the orbital speed of Earth in km/hour.

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365.25*24 = h, number of hours

distance = 2 pi r = 6.28* 1.5*10^8 km

speed = distance/hours

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