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Is 6 miles per hour as fast as a Meteor?

It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 94,000 miles per hour.
(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 25,000 miles per hour and 160,000 miles per hour, depending on their size. The fireball effect, known as ablation, ceases once the atmosphere has slowed the meteoroid to a velocity of about 6,200 miles per hour.
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