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How fast is 118 yards per second?

It's about one-seventieth 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 85 times as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)
The speed of Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan) is about 1.40 yards per second.
(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 1.40 yards per second. Pedestrians wearing headphones, the study went on to find, walk at a slightly faster 1.50 yards per second
It's about 200 times as fast as an Iceberg
The speed of an Iceberg is about 0.50 yards per second.
(a.k.a. Berg) (Newfoundland iceberg average)
Moved by ocean currents and wind, icebergs can drift at speeds of about 0.60 yards per second. 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-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-nine-hundredth 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 1,500 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 0.0000004 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 2,500,000,000 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.
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