How fast is 679 meters per minute?
It's about one-sixtieth as fast as a Jet Fighter
The speed of a Jet Fighter is about 40,000 meters per minute.
(for Lockheed Martin F-16, a.k.a. Fighting Falcon, a.k.a. Viper) (maximum speed at altitude)
An F-16's maximum speed at altitude is approximately 40,000 meters per minute. The F-16 has a flight ceiling of approximately 15 km (9.32 mi).
It's about one-eightieth as fast as a Bullet (Rifle)
The speed of a Bullet (Rifle) is about 54,900 meters per minute.
(5.56 x 45 mm, a.k.a. 5.56 NATO)
A 5.56 x 45 mm cartridge is fired at a velocity of 54,900 meters per minute. As the NATO rifle cartridge, it is used by the military forces of more than thirty-one countries, including use in the M16 series, M4 Carbine, HK-416, and M249 Squad automatic weapons used by the United States armed forces.
It's about 150 times as fast as a Sloth
The speed of a Sloth is about 4 meters per minute.
(for Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus)
The three-toed sloth moves along the ground at an average speed of 4 meters per minute. Long thought to be lengthy sleepers, a 2008 study concluded that sloths sleep an average of only 9.6 hours per day.
It's about one-seven-hundredth as fast as The Space Shuttle
The speed of The Space Shuttle is about 464,620 meters per minute.
(Orbiter vehicle velocity)
The space shuttle orbits at a speed of 464,620 meters per minute. During liftoff, the space shuttle accelerates to orbital speed in 8.5 minutes, consuming over 1.59 million kg (3.51 million lbs) of propellant in the process.
It's about one-three-thousand-five-hundredth 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.
It's about one-eight-thousand-five-hundredth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 5,900,000 meters per minute.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 5,800,000 meters per minute when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
It's about 0.00000004 times as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 17,987,547,480 meters per minute.
(C) (in a vacuum)
The speed of light (and all other electromagnetic radiation) in a perfect vacuum is known as "c" and measures 17,987,547,480 meters per minute, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 11,991,698,320.20 meters per minute when passing through the glass of a typical window.
It's about 300,000,000 times as fast as Grass growing
The speed of Grass growing is about 0.00000240 meters per minute.
(for Kentucky Bluegrass, Poa pratensis) (a.k.a. Smooth Meadow grass, a.k.a. Common Meadow grass) (Summer months, ideal growing conditions)
Kentucky Bluegrass, one of the most common grasses in North America, grows about 0.00000250 meters per minute in the summer months under ideal conditions. When left un-mowed, Kentucky Bluegrass grows to heights of 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 ft) and blossoms with a blue flower.