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Earth orbits the Sun at about 30 km/s—but the Sun is moving too. Our entire solar system travels around the center of the Milky Way, completing one galactic orbit in roughly 230 million years. Follow the journey from Earth's orbit to our place in the galaxy in this original ASTROLECT 3D animation. Like and subscribe to ASTROLECT for more journeys through space. Visualization note: This is an educational 3D illustration, not telescope footage. Sizes, distances, orbital paths, and time are simplified or exaggerated for clarity. The appearance of motion depends on the reference frame. Animation and visual storytelling: ASTROLECT. Earth texture credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center — Blue Marble (2002). Image: Reto Stöckli. Enhancements: Robert Simmon. [https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/the-blue-marble-true-color-global-imagery-at-1km-resolution/](https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/the-blue-marble-true-color-global-imagery-at-1km-resolution/) Scientific sources: NASA — Sun Facts: [https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/](https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/) NASA — Basics of Space Flight, Chapter 2: [https://science.nasa.gov/learn/basics-of-space-flight/chapter2-1/](https://science.nasa.gov/learn/basics-of-space-flight/chapter2-1/) NASA is credited as the source of the Earth texture and scientific reference material; this video is an independent ASTROLECT production. Earth's orbit around the Sun is just the first step in our journey through space. We map how our solar system motion keeps us traveling through the galaxy. Discover how we complete one massive galactic orbit every 230 million years. Subscribe to ASTROLECT for more peaceful space science. #Space #SolarSystem #Shorts