How fast is 3,800 inches per second?
It's about 75 times as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)
The speed of Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan) is about 51 inches per second.
(Manhattan; average speed; 8,978 person-sample)
A 2006 Study by the New York City Department of City Planning found that pedestrians in that city walk at an average rate of 51 inches per second. Pedestrians wearing headphones, the study went on to find, walk at a slightly faster 56 inches per second
It's about one-eightieth as fast as The Space Shuttle
The speed of The Space Shuttle is about 304,870 inches per second.
(Orbiter vehicle velocity)
The space shuttle orbits at a speed of 304,870 inches per second. 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 200 times as fast as an Iceberg
The speed of an Iceberg is about 20 inches per second.
(a.k.a. Berg) (Newfoundland iceberg average)
Moved by ocean currents and wind, icebergs can drift at speeds of about 20 inches per second. 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-four-hundred-fiftieth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 1,700,000 inches 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 440,000 inches per second and 2,800,000 inches 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 110,000 inches per second.
It's about one-one-thousandth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 3,900,000 inches per second.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 3,800,000 inches per second when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
It's about 1,500 times as fast as a Sloth
The speed of a Sloth is about 2.60 inches per second.
(for Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus)
The three-toed sloth moves along the ground at an average speed of 2.60 inches per second. 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 0.0000003 times as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 11,802,852,677.1650 inches per second.
(C) (in a vacuum)
The speed of light (and all other electromagnetic radiation) in a perfect vacuum is known as "c" and measures 11,802,852,677.1650 inches per second, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 7,868,568,451.57480 inches per second when passing through the glass of a typical window.
It's about 2,500,000,000 times as fast as Grass growing
The speed of Grass growing is about 0.00000160 inches per second.
(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 0.00000170 inches per second 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.