Correction for the speed of a Meteor
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How fast is 89,800 meters per minute?
It's about one-thirtieth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 2,500,000 meters per minute.
(formally Meteoroid or meteorite, depending on the context; a.k.a. "shooting star", a.k.a. "falling star")
Small meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere at speeds between 670,000 meters per minute and 4,300,000 meters per minute, depending on their size. The fireball effect, known as ablation, ceases once the atmosphere has slowed the meteoroid to a velocity of about 170,000 meters per minute.