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LARGE >comparison< SCALE   |.|.|.|   Speed

Unless otherwise specified, means the maximum speed

• ~0.00000001 m/s (1...10 cm/year) Continental drift
• ~3.6 m/h Snail (Helix lucorum)
• 1.8 km/h Typical escalator (moving staircase) speed
• ~1.8 km/h Land turtle (tortoise)
• ~3 km/h Leisurely walking pace
• 3.6 km/h Speed of a conventional elevator in low-rise buildings
• 5 km/h Average walking speed
• 6.8 km/h Tiger Beetle
• 12 km/hRegular runner
• 18 km/h Bicycle typical speed
• 20 km/hElite male runner during a marathon
• 32 km/h Dachshund dog
• 35 km/h Sea turtle (in water)
• 37.5 km/h Sprinter (100-meter dash; runner Usain Bolt's performance)
• 42 km/h Speed of elevator in high-rise buildings
• ~45 km/h Average speed of a Tour de France cyclist
• 48 km/h Domestic cat
• 64 km/h Professional cyclist during a sprint
• 72 km/hHigh-speed elevator
• 72 km/h Greyhound (fastest breed of dog)
• 121 km/h Cheetah
• 129 km/h Black Marlin
• 153 km/h Hurricane
• 160 km/h Air speed of a human sneeze (higher velocities have been recorded in some cases)
• ~200 km/h Average speed of Formula 1 car (during an official races; on some tracks the average speed can reach 250...264 km/h)
• 230 km/h Toyota Camry car
• 320 km/h (88.8 m/s) High-speed Train (Shinkansen)
• 321 km/h (89 m/s) NASCAR race car
• 375 km/h (104 m/s) Formula 1 race car
• 389 km/h (108 m/s) Peregrine falcon during a hunting dive
• ~432 km/h (120 m/s) Human nerve impulse
• ~900 km/h (250 m/s) Cruising speed of Boeing 747 airplane
• 1235 km/h (343 m/s)Sound in air at 20°C
• 1670 km/h (465 m/s) Earth's rotation at equator
• 1800 km/h (500 m/s) Air molecules at room temperature
• 5335 km/h (1.482 km/s) Sound in water
• 11'000 km/h (~3 km/s) Earth's satellite in geostationary orbit
• 107'208 km/h (29.78 km/s)Earth travels around the Sun
• 692'000 km/h (192 km/s) Parker Solar Probe spacecraft (launch date: 2018-08-12)
• ~600 km/s Speed at which the Milky Way galaxy is traveling through space
• ~2200 km/s Electron in atom
• ~124'000 km/s Speed of light in diamond
• 225'261 km/s Speed of light in water
• 299'792 km/s (299'792'458 m/s) Light in vacuum (speed of light in air is only slightly slower)

Speed of objects that are spinning/rotating

Values are indicated in RPM (revolutions per minute)

• ¹/_525'960Earth's rotation around the Sun
• ¹/₁₄₄₀ Earth's rotation on its own axis
• ¹/₇₂₀ Clock hand pointing to the hours
• ¹/₆₀ Clock hand pointing to the minutes
• ~0.5 Ferris wheel
• 1 Сlock hand indicating the seconds
• 3...10 Carousel (Merry-Go-Round)
• 33.3 Standard LP vinyl turntable
• 78 Gramophone for playing old shellac records
• 200...500 Compact disc player
• 800...1600 Washing machine drum on spin cycle (model dependent)
• 2000...3000 Household drill
• 750...3000 Automobile engine
• 1200...3000 Electric fan
• 3000...10'000Gyroscope
• 5000...10'000 Vibration motor in a smartphone
• 5400...15'000 Computer hard drive
• 10'000...15'000 Engine of a Formula 1 car
• 10'000...25'000 Large jet engine (gas turbine)
• 100'000...400'000 High-speed dental drill
• 800'000Air turbine dental drill

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