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  2. Speed of light - Wikipedia

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    metres per second: 299 792 458: Approximate values (to three significant digits) kilometres per hour: 1 080 000 000: miles per second: 186 000: miles per hour [1] 671 000 000: astronomical units per day: 173 [Note 1] parsecs per year: 0.307 [Note 2] Approximate light signal travel times; Distance: Time: one foot: 1.0 ns: one metre: 3.3 ns: from ...

  3. Metre per second - Wikipedia

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    The metre per second is the unit of both speed (a scalar quantity) and velocity (a vector quantity, ... 1 mile per hour = 0.447 04 m/s (exactly) [8] 1 ...

  4. Miles per hour - Wikipedia

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    Miles per hour (mph, m.p.h., MPH, or mi/h) is a British imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of miles travelled in one hour.It is used in the United Kingdom, the United States, and a number of smaller countries, most of which are UK or US territories, or have close historical ties with the UK or US.

  5. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various speed levels between approximately 2.2 × 10 −18 m/s and 3.0 × 10 8 m/s (the speed of light). Values in bold are exact.

  6. Speed limits in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of May 15, 2017, 41 states have maximum speed limits of 70 mph (113 km/h) or higher. 18 of those states have 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) speed limits or higher, while 7 states of that same portion have 80 mph (129 km/h) speed limits, with Texas even having an 85 miles per hour (137 km/h) speed limit on one of its toll roads.

  7. Speed limit - Wikipedia

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    Kilometres per hour are on the left and miles per hour on the right.* ... [43] [44] [45] Examples of ... by 84 in the first semester 2019, and 127 for the second ...

  8. Knot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    1 nautical mile per hour (by definition), 1 852.000 metres per hour (exactly), [5] 0.51444 metres per second (approximately), 1.15078 miles per hour (approximately), 20.25372 inches per second (approximately) 1.68781 feet per second (approximately). The length of the internationally agreed nautical mile is 1 852 m.

  9. Muzzle velocity - Wikipedia

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    To simulate orbital debris impacts on spacecraft, NASA launches projectiles through light-gas guns at speeds up to 8,500 m/s (28,000 ft/s). [6] FPS (feet per second) and MPH (miles per hour) are the most common American measurements for bullets.