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How fast is 486.18 meters per second?

It's about one-and-two-fifths times as fast as The Speed of Sound
The speed of The Speed of Sound is about 343 meters per second.
(in dry air at 20°C)
The speed of sound in dry air at 20°C (68°F) is 343 meters per second. Air is a relatively poor acoustic conductor, however, as sound will travel at speeds of between 1,497 m/s to 1,560 m/s in water, depending on its salinity.
It's about one-and-one-fourth times as fast as a Bullet (Handgun)
The speed of a Bullet (Handgun) is about 384 meters per second.
(for .40 Smith & Wesson 135 grain Sierra JHP, VV 3N37 powder, Fed. 100 primer, Remington case) (muzzle velocity)
A 0.40 caliber Smith & Wesson bullet has a muzzle a velocity of 383 meters per second. This type of ammunition has been the standard issue round of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 1990.
It's about three-fourths as fast as a Jet Fighter
The speed of a Jet Fighter is about 670 meters per second.
(for Lockheed Martin F-16, a.k.a. Fighting Falcon, a.k.a. Viper) (maximum speed at altitude)
An F-16's maximum speed at altitude is approximately 670 m/s. The F-16 has a flight ceiling of approximately 15 km (9.32 mi).
It's about half as fast as a Bullet (Rifle)
The speed of a Bullet (Rifle) is about 915 meters per second.
(5.56 x 45 mm, a.k.a. 5.56 NATO)
A 5.56 x 45 mm cartridge is fired at a velocity of 915 meters per second. 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 one-fifteenth as fast as The Space Shuttle
The speed of The Space Shuttle is about 7,743.60 meters per second.
(Orbiter vehicle velocity)
The space shuttle orbits at a speed of 7,743.60 meters 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 one-eighty-fifth 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.
It's about one-two-hundredth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 98,000 meters per second.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 97,000 meters per second when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
It's about one-six-hundred-thousandth as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 299,792,458 meters 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 299,792,458 meters per second, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 199,861,638.67 m/s when passing through the glass of a typical window.
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