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Is 508,110 yards per minute as fast as an Arrow (archery)?

It's about 85 times as fast as an Arrow (archery)
The speed of an Arrow (archery) is about 5,884 yards per minute.
(250 g arrow fired from 60#/28" bow)
A 250 gram arrow will reach speeds of approximately 5,884 yards per minute when fired from a 60-lb, 28-inch draw bow . Archeological evidence from the Ahrensburg valley near Hamburg, Germany indicates that arrows have been used since at least 11 to 12,000 years ago.
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