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Is 139 inches per second as fast as The Speed of Light?

It's about 0.00000001 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.
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