Orders of magnitude (speed) - Definition and Overview
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Dimensions
Orders of magnitude
area
currency
data
density
energy
length
mass
numbers
power
specific heat capacity
speed
temperature
time
volume
Conversion of units
physical unit
SI
SI base unit
SI derived unit
SI prefix
Planck units
Orders of magnitude
for
speed
:
average rate of the
Moon
receding from the
Earth
1.3 nm/s
growth of
hair
3 nm/s.
walking
1-1.5 m/s
car 30 m/s (typical speed)
train
40 m/s,
high-speed train
90 m/s
speed of sound
330 m/s
muzzle velocity
of
M16
rifle 975 m/s
thermal neutron
2 km/s
propagation of the explosion in a
detonating cord
7-8 km/s
low Earth orbit
7.5 km/s
Earth in orbit around the
Sun
30 km/s
fast neutron
10 000 km/s
speed of light
300 000 km/s
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