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Is 1,180,285,267,716.50 yards per hour as fast as The Speed of Light?

It's about as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 1,180,285,267,716.50 yards per hour.
(C) (in a vacuum)
The speed of light (and all other electromagnetic radiation) in a perfect vacuum is known as "c" and measures 1,180,285,267,716.50 yards per hour, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 786,856,845,157.480 yards per hour when passing through the glass of a typical window.
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