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How fast is 1.7 miles per second?

It's about eight times as fast as The Speed of Sound
The speed of The Speed of Sound is about 0.2130 miles per second.
(in dry air at 20°C)
The speed of sound in dry air at 20°C (68°F) is 0.2130 miles per second. Air is a relatively poor acoustic conductor, however, as sound will travel at speeds of between 0.930 miles per second to 0.9690 miles per second in water, depending on its salinity.
It's about seven times as fast as a Bullet (Handgun)
The speed of a Bullet (Handgun) is about 0.2390 miles per second.
(for .40 Smith & Wesson 135 grain Sierra JHP, VV 3N37 powder, Fed. 100 primer, Remington case) (muzzle velocity)
A 0.40 caliber Smith & Wesson bullet has a muzzle a velocity of 0.2380 miles per second. This type of ammunition has been the standard issue round of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 1990.
It's about four times as fast as a Jet Fighter
The speed of a Jet Fighter is about 0.420 miles per second.
(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 0.420 miles per second. The F-16 has a flight ceiling of approximately 15 km (9.32 mi).
It's about three times as fast as a Bullet (Rifle)
The speed of a Bullet (Rifle) is about 0.5690 miles per second.
(5.56 x 45 mm, a.k.a. 5.56 NATO)
A 5.56 x 45 mm cartridge is fired at a velocity of 0.5690 miles per second. 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 one-third as fast as The Space Shuttle
The speed of The Space Shuttle is about 4.81160 miles per second.
(Orbiter vehicle velocity)
The space shuttle orbits at a speed of 4.81170 miles per second. 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-fifteenth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 26 miles per second.
(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 6.90 miles per second and 45 miles per second, depending on their size. The fireball effect, known as ablation, ceases once the atmosphere has slowed the meteoroid to a velocity of about 1.70 miles per second.
It's about one-thirty-fifth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 61 miles per second.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 60 miles per second when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 186,282.397051220 miles per second.
(C) (in a vacuum)
The speed of light (and all other electromagnetic radiation) in a perfect vacuum is known as "c" and measures 186,282.397051220 miles per second, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 124,188.264702890 miles per second when passing through the glass of a typical window.
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