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Is 390,000 inches per hour as fast as a Meteor?

It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 6,000,000,000 inches 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 1,600,000,000 inches per hour and 10,000,000,000 inches 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 390,000,000 inches per hour.
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