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Is 102,000 yards per minute as fast as The Speed of Light?

It's about one-two-hundred-thousandth as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 19,671,421,128.6090 yards 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 19,671,421,128.6090 yards per minute, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 13,114,280,752.6250 yards per minute when passing through the glass of a typical window.
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