Hi all, guys and girls, let's learn about Speed Measurement, from slowest to fastest, including cool examples like animals, vehicles, and cosmic stuff like the Speed of light.
Speed Measurement Basics
Speed is usually measured in:
m/s (meters per second)
km/h (kilometers per hour)
mph (miles per hour)
Speed Examples:
From Slowest to Fastest
🐌 1. Slower Than Slow
| Object | Speed |
| Snail | \~0.05 km/h |
| Tortoise | \~0.3 km/h |
| Human walking | \~5 km/h |
🏃♂️ 2. Everyday Speeds
| Object | Speed
|Running human (Usain Bolt)| \~44 km/h|
|Cyclist (Tour de France)|\~50–60 km/h|
|Car (city driving)|\~60–80 km/h|
🚗 3. Vehicles
| Object | Speed |
|Fast car (F1 race car)|\~350 km/h|
|Bullet train (Japan)|\~600 km/h|
|Commercial jet (Boeing)|\~900 km/h|
|Concorde (retired jet)|\~2,180 km/h|
🚀 4. Supersonic & Spacecraft
| Object | Speed
|Sound (in air)|\~1,235 km/h|
|SR-71 Blackbird (jet)|\~3,540 km/h|
|Escape velocity (Earth)|\~40,000 km/h|
|NASA's Parker Solar Probe| \~700,000 km/h|
✨ 5. Cosmic Speeds
| Object | Speed
|Earth orbiting Sun|\~107,000 km/h|
|Milky Way rotation|\~828,000 km/h|
|Speed of light|1,079,252,848.8 km/h(\~300,000 km/s)|
⚡ Quick Comparison Chart (km/h)
Snail | 🐌 | 0.05 km/h
Walking | 🚶 | 5 km/h
Running | 🏃♂️ | 44 km/h
Car | 🚗 | 100 km/h
Jet | ✈️ | 900 km/h
Sound | 🔊 | 1,235 km/h
Rocket | 🚀 | 40,000+ km/h
Light | 💡 | 1,079,000,000+ km/h
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