Is 30,487,000 yards per hour as fast as a Meteor?
It's about one-fifth 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.
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