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Is 0.026 miles per second as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)?

It's about one-and-two-fifths times as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)
The speed of a Knuckleball (baseball) is about 0.019 miles per second.
(a.k.a. knuckler, a.k.a. floater, a.k.a. dancer, a.k.a. butterfly ball) (major league average)
The average speed of major league knuckleball pitch is 0.019 miles per second. Eddie Cicotte, who was later implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, is credited with developing the pitch ca. 1906.
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