what is the slowest speed on the galaxy?

[jmazaredo]

What is the slowest recorded floating object in the galaxy, universe ever recorded?

 

[origin]

Slowest speed compared to what? This question only makes sense if it is a relative velocity.

 

[MeteorWayne]

Well, the answer is zero....but as said above, relative to what?

 

[yevaud]

Third person, "Relative to what." Though frankly, unless all molecular activity ceases, there will always be some manner of motion, if via no other mechanism than random Quantum fluctuations.

 

[MeteorWayne]

Without a response by the OP soon, this will soon be found in The Unexplained.

 

[PiotrSatan]

Dont you mean "IN" the galaxy? And I'd go for 0m/s also known as 0 km/h 0 or ft/s 0 and also 0 mp/h

 

[Woggles]

Wouldn't that be a teenager? woo!

 

[jmazaredo]

What is the slowest recorded floating object in the galaxy, universe ever recorded?

like planet, asteroid, meteor. those scientist measure their speed. but is there something out there that scientist sees odd that really like didn't even move.

Day1
Scientist1: "day 1, we picture this part and see if something moves"

Day2
Scientist1: "see these and that they will hit this in a matter of XXX.XX . This one will pass in a year or so.
Scientist2: "did this red object here moved or what?"
Scientist1: "yes it moves like 1 inch per century"

 

[origin]

What is the slowest recorded floating object in the galaxy, universe ever recorded?

like planet, asteroid, meteor. those scientist measure their speed. but is there something out there that scientist sees odd that really like didn't even move.

Day1
Scientist1: "day 1, we picture this part and see if something moves"

Day2
Scientist1: "see these and that they will hit this in a matter of XXX.XX . This one will pass in a year or so.
Scientist2: "did this red object here moved or what?"
Scientist1: "yes it moves like 1 inch per century"

Here is the problem there is no such thing as absolute velocity. It takes the earth ~365 days a to circle the sun right? So how fast is the earth moving, well don't forget that the sun is orbiting the center of the galaxy, and don't forget the galaxy is moving toward the cluster of galaxies towards Virgo (it think it's Virgo) and there is some angular velocity around that cluster and and and. See the problem everthing is moving.

So when you say is there something not moving it is meaningless. If a scientist were to measure the velocity of something that was perfectly still that means it would not be moving relative to earth - like a satellite in geostationary orbit.

Hope this makes sense to you...

edit to say - shoot! if a satellite was in geostationary orbit it would not be moving relative to the scientist!

 

[neilsox]

Relative to Earth's surface gives us a range of about 1500 kilometers per hour, depending on latitude, so likely NEO asteroids in retrograde solar orbit have had zero velocity with respect to Earth's surface at changing locations over a period of a few seconds. I doubt anyone has calculated these paths, but it could be done from archived data, I think. Three dimenions makes these tracks very rare, I think. Neil

 

[MeteorWayne]

Without the OP answering the "relative to what?" question, this topic is pointless.

jmazaredo, please answer this question ASAP, or it doesn't belong in Physics.

 

[SpeedFreek]

Day1
Scientist1: "day 1, we picture this part and see if something moves"

Day2
Scientist1: "see these and that they will hit this in a matter of XXX.XX . This one will pass in a year or so.
Scientist2: "did this red object here moved or what?"
Scientist1: "yes it moves like 1 inch per century"

Who do you see moving faster? The man walking past your window, or the man in the distance, running across the field?