About
GONE TOGETHER
Our story
Gone TogetherTM
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It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.
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We are going fast, very fast, even when we are still.
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For a moment, just relax.
Take a breath. Take a moment to watch our Moon.
Every hour, our Moon travels 2,200 miles or 3,300 kilometers around our Earth.
We live with a big rock orbiting our Earth at 0.6 mile per second or 1.0 kilometer per second, the speed of the average bullet.
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Take another slow breath.
At the Equator, our Earth rotates to our East at 1,037 mph or 1,670 km/h.
Rotation is slower as you go north or south.
You can calculate the speed for your latitude.
That is why you have a cell phone with the cosine function.
Now is a good time to use your cell phone to find your latitude on Earth.
Or just shout, “What’s my latitude?”
Someone should answer. You can use the latitude later. See the Calculate page.
Sit down if all the motion makes your legs weak.
Or get ready to lay down because here comes the real speed.
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Every hour, our Earth travels 67,000 miles or 110,000 kilometers around our Sun.
Our planet travels 19 miles per second or 30 kilometers per second in its orbit.
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Every hour, our Sun travels 540,000 miles or 864,000 kilometers around our Milky Way Galaxy.
Earth and the other planets of our Solar System are pulled by our Sun.
Our Solar System travels 150 miles per second or 240 kilometers per second in its orbit.
Our Solar System is moving eight (8) times faster than an average bullet.
Look toward the star Vega (mostly North), if you want to see if something is coming our way.
But almost everything is going in the same direction.
Don’t worry. There is room to travel.
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Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars in Motion Together
While you circle 360 degrees around our Sun,
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars orbit around the Sun
and our Sun’s gravity pulls the planets in an orbit around our Milky Way Galaxy.
There is no destination.
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Our whole Milky Way Galaxy is in motion.
Actually we are considered part of a Local Cluster or Group of 54 galaxies.
Our galaxy along with Andromeda and Triangulum are large and the others are smaller.
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Every hour, our Local Cluster travels 1,332,000 miles or 2,124,000 kilometers across the Universe.
Our galaxy family travels 370 miles per second or 590 kilometers per second.
That speed is about 0.2% of the speed of light.
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This is a serious road trip. No roads.
Don’t worry.
There is room for speed.
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The solution to any worries is a genuine Gone Together t-shirt with Speed or Attitude.
It shows you are enjoying the journey and that we have gone together.
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Pause for reflection and enjoy this little clip.
Back on Earth, if you close your eyes and turn your face to our Sun,
the warmth is touching you at light speed.
Open your eyes for particles of light to form visions in your eyes.
The light may have traveled millions of miles from our Sun
or the light may have traveled a few feet from a light bulb.
The light may have reflected off a red apple or a yellow pencil at light speed.
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HOW ACCURATE ARE THE VALUES?
Everything in our Universe wiggles. Paths are not straight; orbits are not perfect circles. Moons, planets, stars and other big things slow down and speed up. Our Earth’s rotation is based on the diameter and circumference of our planet. Therefore, the value for our Earth’s rotational speed is shown as 1,037 mph and 1,670 km/h. The other values are rounded to the nearest hundred or thousand because the numbers are big, too long to say on a t-shirt and big things wobble. Our Moon almost travels in circle, but its still an ellipse. Try an app for your cell phone, such as Phases of the Moon that shows the phase and distance each day.
WHAT IS YOUR REFERENCE?
You.
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Your reference in space, in our Universe is you.
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WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE SURVIVING OUR JOURNEY
If you have a Gone Together t-shirt, you share the numbers with someone.
And then buy another t-shirt together.
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WHY THE POEMS?
Poems help people who have gone together.
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Meanwhile, another second passes in our Milky Way Galaxy.
We have gone together another 590 kilometers (370 miles).
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Thanks for visiting.
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