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  2. Parker Solar Probe - Wikipedia

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    [4] [42] As the probe passes around the Sun, it will achieve a velocity of up to 200 km/s (120 mi/s), which will temporarily make it the fastest human-made object, almost three times as fast as the previous record holder, Helios-2. [43] [44] [45] Launch injection was very close to predictions, but nevertheless required path correction.

  3. List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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    Velocities in different frames of reference are not directly comparable; thus the matter of the "fastest spacecraft" depends on the reference frame used. Because of the influence of gravity, maximum velocities are usually attained when a spacecraft is close to its primary body: either just after launch, at a point of closest approach ...

  4. List of spaceflight records - Wikipedia

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    Longest distance traveled on surface of another world (26.219 miles (42.195 km), marathon-length). ... This makes the probe the fastest object in the Solar System ...

  5. Flight airspeed record - Wikipedia

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    The fastest unmanned (but capable of carrying up to 8-10 people) spaceplane ever built [citation needed], weighing 100 tons or more. Flying between any two airports allow a large number of combinations , so setting a speed record ("speed over a recognised course") is fairly easy with an ordinary aircraft , although there are many administrative ...

  6. PSR J1748−2446ad - Wikipedia

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    PSR J1748−2446ad is the fastest-spinning pulsar known, at 716 Hz (times per second), [2] or 42,960 revolutions per minute.This pulsar was discovered by Jason W. T. Hessels of McGill University on November 10, 2004, and confirmed on January 8, 2005.

  7. US 708 - Wikipedia

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    These stars are composed of helium, which is the remnant of a massive star which had lost its envelope of hydrogen. Geier's team describe the star as the "fastest unbound star in the galaxy" and employed the Echellette Spectrograph and Imager attached to the 10 meter Keck II telescope in Hawaii. [12] Its velocity exceeds the escape velocity of ...

  8. Speed - Wikipedia

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    Fastest heliocentric recession speed of any humanmade object. [10] (11 mi/s) Average orbital speed of planet Earth around the Sun: 29 783: 97 713: 107 218: 66 623: The fastest recorded speed of the Helios probes: 70,220: 230,381: 252,792: 157,078: Recognized as the fastest speed achieved by a man-made spacecraft, achieved in solar orbit.

  9. Speed record - Wikipedia

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    A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.