It is said that there are 500,000,000 visits to Wikipedia each month making it by far the most popular destination for references whether people hold some of the information as unreliable or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

What can be more dismal than the wrong value for equatorial speed of our home planet given in the fact section as they base that speed on the 23 hour 56 minute 04 second value instead of the principles based around the 24 hour and Lat/Long systems which make the value 1037.5 miles per hour and one full rotation of the circumference in 24 hours.


What is needed is a sweeping change in how interested people deal with the matter instead of the untenable fudge which displaces the 24 hour and Lat/Long systems with RA/Dec reckoning. This business of having your cake and eating it rots societies from the inside as recent events have shown so while the usual robotic reactions are expected, individuals here can make a difference despite the belief that academic positions are so lucrative and entrenched that it is hopeless.