Correction for the speed of a Meteor
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How fast is 702 feet per hour?
It's about one-seven-hundred-thousandth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 500,000,000 feet per hour.
(formally Meteoroid or meteorite, depending on the context; a.k.a. "shooting star", a.k.a. "falling star")
Small meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere at speeds between 130,000,000 feet per hour and 850,000,000 feet per hour, depending on their size. The fireball effect, known as ablation, ceases once the atmosphere has slowed the meteoroid to a velocity of about 33,000,000 feet per hour.