List of Various Speeds

∟List of Various Speeds

This section lists various speeds to give us a sense of scale about speed.

The list below provides some reference speeds to give us a sense of scale about speed:

299,792,458 m/s =1,079,252,850 km/h - Speed of light in a vacuum
    220,000 m/s =790,000 km/h - Orbiting speed of Sun
     29,790 m/s =107,200 km/h - Orbiting speed of Earth
     17,043 m/s = 61,319 km/h - Speed of Voyager 1 spacecraft
      8,000 m/s = 29,000 km/h - Orbiting speed of space shuttle
      1,500 m/s =  5,400 km/h - Speed of sound in water
      1,023 m/s =  3,683 km/h - Orbiting speed of Moon
        980 m/s =  3,530 km/h - Speed of the fastest airplane
        340 m/s =  1,225 km/h - Speed of sound in air at sea level
        250 m/s =    900 km/h - Speed of passenger airplane
        160 m/s =    575 km/h - Speed of the fastest train
        108 m/s =    389 km/h - Speed of the fastest bird
         64 m/s =    230 km/h - Speed of the fastest ant
         36 m/s =    130 km/h - Speed of the fastest fish
         33 m/s =    120 km/h - Speed of the fastest cheetah
         20 m/s =     72 km/h - Speed of the fastest rabbit
         12 m/s =     45 km/h - Speed of the fastest human running
          2 m/s =      7 km/h - Speed of the fastest human waling
       0.47 m/s =   1.69 km/h - Speed of the fastest turtle walking
    0.00275 m/s =0.00990 km/h - Speed of the fastest snail