Correction for the speed of a Meteor
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How fast is 630.20 yards per second?
It's about one-seventieth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 46,000 yards per second.
(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 12,000 yards per second and 79,000 yards per second, depending on their size. The fireball effect, known as ablation, ceases once the atmosphere has slowed the meteoroid to a velocity of about 3,000 yards per second.