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Is 580,000,000 centimeters per minute as fast as The Speed of Sound?

It's about 300 times as fast as The Speed of Sound
The speed of The Speed of Sound is about 2,060,000 centimeters per minute.
(in dry air at 20°C)
The speed of sound in dry air at 20°C (68°F) is 2,060,000 centimeters per minute. Air is a relatively poor acoustic conductor, however, as sound will travel at speeds of between 8,980,000 centimeters per minute to 9,360,000 centimeters per minute in water, depending on its salinity.
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