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How fast is 6,000 feet per minute?

It's about one-thirtieth as fast as a Bullet (Rifle)
The speed of a Bullet (Rifle) is about 180,000 feet per minute.
(5.56 x 45 mm, a.k.a. 5.56 NATO)
A 5.56 x 45 mm cartridge is fired at a velocity of 180,000 feet per minute. As the NATO rifle cartridge, it is used by the military forces of more than thirty-one countries, including use in the M16 series, M4 Carbine, HK-416, and M249 Squad automatic weapons used by the United States armed forces.
It's about 60 times as fast as an Iceberg
The speed of an Iceberg is about 100 feet per minute.
(a.k.a. Berg) (Newfoundland iceberg average)
Moved by ocean currents and wind, icebergs can drift at speeds of about 100 feet per minute. 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-two-hundred-fiftieth as fast as The Space Shuttle
The speed of The Space Shuttle is about 1,524,300 feet per minute.
(Orbiter vehicle velocity)
The space shuttle orbits at a speed of 1,524,300 feet per minute. 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 450 times as fast as a Sloth
The speed of a Sloth is about 13 feet per minute.
(for Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus)
The three-toed sloth moves along the ground at an average speed of 13 feet per minute. 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 one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 8,300,000 feet per minute.
(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 2,200,000 feet per minute and 14,000,000 feet per minute, depending on their size. The fireball effect, known as ablation, ceases once the atmosphere has slowed the meteoroid to a velocity of about 550,000 feet per minute.
It's about one-three-thousandth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 19,000,000 feet per minute.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 19,000,000 feet per minute when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
It's about 0.0000001 times as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 59,014,263,385.8270 feet per minute.
(C) (in a vacuum)
The speed of light (and all other electromagnetic radiation) in a perfect vacuum is known as "c" and measures 59,014,263,385.8270 feet per minute, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 39,342,842,257.8740 feet per minute when passing through the glass of a typical window.
It's about 750,000,000 times as fast as Grass growing
The speed of Grass growing is about 0.00000790 feet per minute.
(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 0.00000830 feet per minute 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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