Illyria: Baby Name of the Day. By appellationmountain 6 Comments. Sheâs a Shakespearean place name with a romantic sound and a sci fi twist. Thanks to Felecia for suggesting Illyria as our Baby Name of the Day. Illyria is the setting for Shakespeareâs Twelfth Night, and the Bard borrowed it from the map.In real life, it was once the name for the western part of the Balkan peninsula, a part of the world with a reputation as being contentious and war-torn, but also incredibly beautiful. The Romans are responsible for the name.llyria: Baby Name of the Day. By appellationmountain 6 Comments. Sheâs a Shakespearean place name with a romantic sound and a sci fi twist. Thanks to Felecia for suggesting Illyria as our Baby Name of the Day. Illyria is the setting for Shakespeareâs Twelfth Night, and the Bard borrowed it from the map.
The earth rotates once every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09053 seconds, called the sidereal period, and its circumference is roughly 40,075 kilometers. Thus, the surface of the earth at the equator moves at a speed of 460 meters per second--or roughly 1,000 miles per hour. As schoolchildren, we learn that the earth is moving about our sun in a very nearly circular orbit. It covers this route at a speed of nearly 30 kilometers per second, or 67,000 miles per hour.
One revolution per (23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds ) In order to rotate at that rate, a point on the equator must move at roughly 1,040 miles per hour. -- Once a day -- (2 pi) per (23H 59M 4S) -- Roughly1,000 miles per hour at the equator. 1,000 cos(latitude) elsewhere.   The Sun spins more than 4 times as fast (at its equator) as the Earth does. The Sun's speed is 7189 km/hr (4467 mph) compared to Earth at 1674 km/hr (1040 mph).