Typical Values of Velocity
Continental drift 10 cm/yr
3.2x10-5 m/s
Slug 2 mm/s
Walking person 1.5 m/s
Tyranosaurus Rex 7 m/s
Olympic sprinter
10 m/s
Aircraft carrier (JFK class)
15 m/s
Baseball (fast ball)
45 m/s
38 caliber bullet
180 m/s
Race car (formula 1)
100 m/s
Space Shuttle (in orbit)
7.6 km/s
Earth (about the Sun)
29.8 km/s
Sun (about Galatic Core)
220 km/s
Electron in Hydrogen Atom
2,190 km/s
Electromagnetic waves
3x108 m/s

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