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How fast is 2.8 kilometers per second?

It's about 400 times as fast as a Bull
The speed of a Bull is about 0.0067 kilometers per second.
(for animals involved in the Running of the Bulls, a.k.a. Encierro, San Fermin, Pamplona, Spain) (herd average speed)
The herd of the annual Encierro in Pamplona, Spain runs at an average speed of 0.0067 kilometers per second. The Encierro is run annually from July 7th through July 14th and involves 42 bulls, 77 oxen, and an estimated 17,000 runners over the course of the event.
It's about 1,000 times as fast as a Crocodile
The speed of a Crocodile is about 0.0027 kilometers per second.
(American Crocodile, Crocodylus acutus) (swimming speed)
An American crocodile can reach speeds in the water of up to 0.0028 kilometers per second. On land, larger crocodiles can "gallop" when fleeing danger at speeds of up to 0.0056 kilometers per second.
It's about 1,500 times as fast as Michael Phelps
The speed of Michael Phelps is about 0.0019425 kilometers per second.
(at the Beijing Olympics, 2008; 200 m freestyle) (a.k.a. Michael Fred Phelps) (swimmer; 1985-)
Setting a world record, Michael Phelps swam the 200 m freestyle in 1:42.96 for an average speed of 0.0019425 kilometers per second. Phelps would go on to win nine gold medals individually in the 2008 Olympics - more than all but eight of the competing nations.
It's about 2,000 times as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)
The speed of Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan) is about 0.0013 kilometers 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 0.0013 kilometers per second. Pedestrians wearing headphones, the study went on to find, walk at a slightly faster 0.0014 kilometers per second
It's about 6,000 times as fast as an Iceberg
The speed of an Iceberg is about 0.0005 kilometers per second.
(a.k.a. Berg) (Newfoundland iceberg average)
Moved by ocean currents and wind, icebergs can drift at speeds of about 0.0005 kilometers 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 40,000 times as fast as a Sloth
The speed of a Sloth is about 0.0000670 kilometers per second.
(for Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus)
The three-toed sloth moves along the ground at an average speed of 0.0000670 kilometers 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 one-one-hundred-thousandth as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 299,792.4580 kilometers 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 299,792.4580 kilometers per second, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 199,861.638670 kilometers per second when passing through the glass of a typical window.
It's about 70,000,000,000 times as fast as Grass growing
The speed of Grass growing is about 0.0000000000400 kilometers 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 0.0000000000420 kilometers 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.
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