How fast?

divegeester

watching in dismay

Science

03 Jan 17

divegeester

watching in dismay

STARMERGEDDON

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03 Jan 17

Is 3 x 10 to the 7th metres per second?

I'm watching a movie and this speed was mentioned.

Eladar

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03 Jan 17

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I'd say it is about 3 times 10 to the 7th meters per second.

Speed of light is just under 30 times 10 to the 7th meters per second.

Speed of sound about 300 ish meters per second.

DeepThought

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Quarantined World

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06 Jan 17

Originally posted by divegeester
Is 3 x 10 to the 7th metres per second?

I'm watching a movie and this speed was mentioned.

That is one tenth of the speed of light (the speed of light is defined to be 299792458 m/s (~3E8 not 3E7).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light

sonhouse

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slatington, pa, usa

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11 Jan 17

Originally posted by divegeester
Is 3 x 10 to the 7th metres per second?

I'm watching a movie and this speed was mentioned.

30 million meters per second, 1/10th c. What movie?