How Long is A Tenth Of A Second?
In a tenth of a
second (approximately):
- Lightning travels 30 million meters.
- The electrons in an atom move 220,000 meters.
- The world’s fastest aircraft, North American X-15, flies 200 meters.
- A bullet from an AK-47 travels 70 meters.
- The Earth rotates 50 meters.
- Thunder travels 34 meters.
- Brain signals travel 12 meters.
- The world’s fastest car travels 8 meters (Bugatti Veyron Super Sports car holds the Guinness World Record).
- A cheetah can run 2.8 meters.
- The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, can run 1.2 meters.
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