Consider a spherical globe rotating about an axis passing through its poles. There are three points $P, Q,$ and $R$ situated respectively on the equator, the north pole, and midway between the equator and the north pole in the northern hemisphere. Let $P, Q$, and $R$ move with speeds $v_P, v_Q$, and $v_R$, respectively.
Which one of the following options is CORRECT?
- $v_P<v_R<v_Q$
- $v_P<v_Q<v_R $
- $v_P>v_R>v_Q $
- $v_P=v_R \neq v_Q$