How fast is 0.001 kilometers per second?
It's about one-seven-hundred-fiftieth as fast as a Bullet (Handgun)
The speed of a Bullet (Handgun) is about 0.3840 kilometers per second.
(for .40 Smith & Wesson 135 grain Sierra JHP, VV 3N37 powder, Fed. 100 primer, Remington case) (muzzle velocity)
A 0.40 caliber Smith & Wesson bullet has a muzzle a velocity of 0.3830 kilometers per second. This type of ammunition has been the standard issue round of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 1990.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as fast as a Jet Fighter
The speed of a Jet Fighter is about 0.670 kilometers per second.
(for Lockheed Martin F-16, a.k.a. Fighting Falcon, a.k.a. Viper) (maximum speed at altitude)
An F-16's maximum speed at altitude is approximately 0.670 kilometers per second. The F-16 has a flight ceiling of approximately 15 km (9.32 mi).
It's about one-two-thousandth as fast as a Bullet (Rifle)
The speed of a Bullet (Rifle) is about 0.9150 kilometers per second.
(5.56 x 45 mm, a.k.a. 5.56 NATO)
A 5.56 x 45 mm cartridge is fired at a velocity of 0.9150 kilometers per second. As the NATO rifle cartridge, it is used by the military forces of more than thirty-one countries, including use in the M16 series, M4 Carbine, HK-416, and M249 Squad automatic weapons used by the United States armed forces.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as fast as The Space Shuttle
The speed of The Space Shuttle is about 7.74360 kilometers per second.
(Orbiter vehicle velocity)
The space shuttle orbits at a speed of 7.74360 kilometers per second. During liftoff, the space shuttle accelerates to orbital speed in 8.5 minutes, consuming over 1.59 million kg (3.51 million lbs) of propellant in the process.
It's about one-eighty-five-thousandth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 42 kilometers 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 11 kilometers per second and 72 kilometers 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 2.80 kilometers per second.
It's about one-two-hundred-thousandth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 98 kilometers per second.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 97 kilometers per second when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
It's about 15,000,000 times as fast as Grass growing
The speed of Grass growing is about 0.0000000000400 kilometers per second.
(for Kentucky Bluegrass, Poa pratensis) (a.k.a. Smooth Meadow grass, a.k.a. Common Meadow grass) (Summer months, ideal growing conditions)
Kentucky Bluegrass, one of the most common grasses in North America, grows about 0.0000000000420 kilometers per second in the summer months under ideal conditions. When left un-mowed, Kentucky Bluegrass grows to heights of 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 ft) and blossoms with a blue flower.
It's about 0.000000002 times as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 299,792.4580 kilometers per second.
(C) (in a vacuum)
The speed of light (and all other electromagnetic radiation) in a perfect vacuum is known as "c" and measures 299,792.4580 kilometers per second, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 199,861.638670 kilometers per second when passing through the glass of a typical window.