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How fast is 380,000 yards per hour?

It's about 75 times as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)
The speed of Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan) is about 5,100 yards per hour.
(Manhattan; average speed; 8,978 person-sample)
A 2006 Study by the New York City Department of City Planning found that pedestrians in that city walk at an average rate of 5,100 yards per hour. Pedestrians wearing headphones, the study went on to find, walk at a slightly faster 5,600 yards per hour
It's about one-eightieth as fast as The Space Shuttle
The speed of The Space Shuttle is about 30,487,000 yards per hour.
(Orbiter vehicle velocity)
The space shuttle orbits at a speed of 30,487,000 yards per hour. 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 200 times as fast as an Iceberg
The speed of an Iceberg is about 2,000 yards per hour.
(a.k.a. Berg) (Newfoundland iceberg average)
Moved by ocean currents and wind, icebergs can drift at speeds of about 2,000 yards per hour. The largest iceberg ever recorded was a found near Baffin Island, Nunavut and was estimated to be nine billion metric tons.
It's about one-four-hundred-fiftieth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 170,000,000 yards 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 44,000,000 yards per hour and 280,000,000 yards 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 11,000,000 yards per hour.
It's about one-one-thousandth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 390,000,000 yards per hour.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 380,000,000 yards per hour when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
It's about 1,500 times as fast as a Sloth
The speed of a Sloth is about 260 yards per hour.
(for Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus)
The three-toed sloth moves along the ground at an average speed of 260 yards per hour. Long thought to be lengthy sleepers, a 2008 study concluded that sloths sleep an average of only 9.6 hours per day.
It's about 0.0000003 times as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 1,180,285,267,716.50 yards per hour.
(C) (in a vacuum)
The speed of light (and all other electromagnetic radiation) in a perfect vacuum is known as "c" and measures 1,180,285,267,716.50 yards per hour, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 786,856,845,157.480 yards per hour when passing through the glass of a typical window.
It's about 2,500,000,000 times as fast as Grass growing
The speed of Grass growing is about 0.00016 yards per hour.
(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 0.00017 yards per hour 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.
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