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Correction for the speed of a Meteor

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How fast is 87 knots?
It's about one-nine-hundredth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 82,000 knots.
(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 22,000 knots and 140,000 knots, depending on their size. The fireball effect, known as ablation, ceases once the atmosphere has slowed the meteoroid to a velocity of about 5,400 knots.
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