How fast is 10.25 yards per second?
It's about one-seventieth as fast as a Jet Fighter
The speed of a Jet Fighter is about 730 yards 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 730 yards per second. The F-16 has a flight ceiling of approximately 15 km (9.32 mi).
It's about one-one-hundredth as fast as a Bullet (Rifle)
The speed of a Bullet (Rifle) is about 1,000 yards 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 1,000 yards 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 150 times as fast as a Sloth
The speed of a Sloth is about 0.073 yards per second.
(for Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus)
The three-toed sloth moves along the ground at an average speed of 0.073 yards per second. 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 one-eight-hundred-fiftieth as fast as The Space Shuttle
The speed of The Space Shuttle is about 8,468.50 yards per second.
(Orbiter vehicle velocity)
The space shuttle orbits at a speed of 8,468.50 yards 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-four-thousand-five-hundredth 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.
It's about one-ten-thousandth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 110,000 yards per second.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 110,000 yards per second when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
It's about 0.00000003 times as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 327,857,018.810150 yards 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 327,857,018.810150 yards per second, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 218,571,345.877080 yards per second when passing through the glass of a typical window.
It's about 250,000,000 times as fast as Grass growing
The speed of Grass growing is about 0.0000000440 yards 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 0.0000000460 yards 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.