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photon in a vacuum
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2.998 x 108 m/s
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electron (neutral hydrogen)
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2.19 x 106 m/s
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38 caliber bullet (pistol)
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182 m/s
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car (freeway)
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31.3 m/s
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race car (formula 1)
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98.3 m/s
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M1A1 Tank
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18.8 m/s
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Space Shuttle (in orbit)
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7.6 x 103 m/s
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Freight train
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35.7 m/s
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aircraft carrier (JFK class)
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15.43 m/s
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baseball (fast ball)
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44.7 m/s
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tennis ball (pro serve)
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62.5 m/s
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basketball (free throw)
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7.65 m/s
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garden slug (large)
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1.85 x 10-3 m/s
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dog (greyhound)
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17.8 m/s
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cheetah
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31.3 m/s
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human (olympic sprinter)
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10.1 m/s
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race horse
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13.9 m/s
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elephant (African)
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5.56 m/s
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tyranosaurus rex
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6.94 m/s
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Mercury (relative to Sun)
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4.79 x 104 m/s
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Earth
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2.98 x 104 m/s
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Jupiter
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1.31 x 104 m/s
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Pluto
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4.74 x 103 m/s
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Sun (relative to galactic core)
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2.2 x 105 m/s
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Pleiades (open cluster)
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4.0 x 104 m/s
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M13 (globular cluster)
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2.2 x 105 m/s
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