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  2. Speed of light - Wikipedia

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    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 geostationary orbit to Earth: 119 ms: the length of Earth's equator: 134 ms ...

  3. List of countries by length of coastline - Wikipedia

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    Using an interval of 30 mi (50 km), the length is about 2,100 mi (3,400 km). The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal , being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken).

  4. Light-second - Wikipedia

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    186 282 mi The light-second is a unit of length useful in astronomy , telecommunications and relativistic physics . It is defined as the distance that light travels in free space in one second , and is equal to exactly 299 792 458 m (approximately 983 571 055 ft or 186 282 miles ).

  5. 1980 CRC Chemicals 500 - Wikipedia

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    Speeds for this race were: 116.024 miles per hour (186.723 km/h) as the average racing speed [8] and 137.583 miles per hour (221.418 km/h) for the pole position winner Cale Yarborough. [2] This would be one of the few races where Bobby Allison didn't win at the track that is now known as Dover International Speedway. [ 2 ]

  6. 1979 Firecracker 400 - Wikipedia

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    Forty-five thousand fans were in attendance. The average speed was a record 172.89 miles per hour (278.24 km/h). [2] The green flag waved at 10 a.m. Buddy Baker earned the pole position during qualifying with a speed of 193.196 miles per hour (310.919 km/h). [2]

  7. 1962 Mexican Grand Prix - Wikipedia

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    The I Gran Premio de Mexico (or 1st Mexican Grand Prix) was held on 4 November 1962 at the Magdalena Mixhuca circuit, Mexico City.The race was a non-championship event run to Formula One rules and attracted a large entry, including many top teams and drivers.

  8. 1933 Italian Grand Prix - Wikipedia

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    The 1933 Italian Grand Prix (formally the XI Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 10 September 1933. The race was held over 50 laps of a 10 km circuit for a total race distance of 500 km and was won by Luigi Fagioli driving an Alfa Romeo.

  9. 2002 Pepsi 400 presented by Farmer Jack - Wikipedia

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    The 2002 Pepsi 400 presented by Farmer Jack was the 23rd stock car race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 33rd iteration of the event.The race was held on Sunday, August 18, 2002, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway.