Correction for the speed of a Meteor
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How fast is 2,800 meters per second?
It's about one-fifteenth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 42,000 meters 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 11,000 meters per second and 72,000 meters 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 2,800 meters per second.