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A person located on the equator is orbiting the center of the Earth to the East at 1670 km/s.
Relative to the center of the Earth, a person on the North Pole is
A) moving at the same velocity to the East, since they are both on the same planet in space.
B) moving toward the South at the same velocity.
C) not moving at all.
D) stationary, except spinning in-place once per day


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Moving at the same velocity to the East which means that they are both on the same planet in space.

Movement and velocity of planet

Relative to the center of the Earth, a person on the North Pole is moving at the same velocity to the East because both are present on the same planet in space.

The whole planet of earth spins in the same direction as well as with the same velocity so we can conclude that option A is the correct statement about direction and velocity of the earth.

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