Correction for the speed of a Meteor
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How fast is 1 inches per minute?
It's about 0.000000010 times as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 99,000,000 inches 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 26,000,000 inches per minute and 170,000,000 inches 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 6,600,000 inches per minute.