SpeedrooHow fast can a solar eruption travel?
6.71 million mphAbout 10.8 million km/h · Cosmic
The fastest coronal mass ejections race out at nearly 6.7 million mph (3,000 km/s), reaching Earth in under a day.
That's about 190,000 times a red kangaroo's top speed of about 35 mph (56 km/h).
🌞6.71 million mph
☀️the Sun's galactic orbit
By speed: a solar eruption is about 13× faster than the Sun's galactic orbit.
Things about as fast
- How fast is the solar wind?894,775 mph
- How fast is the Milky Way moving?1.24 million mph
- What is the Sun's escape velocity?1.38 million mph
- How fast is the fastest star leaving our galaxy?3.91 million mph
- How fast is an electron moving in a hydrogen atom?4.9 million mph
- How fast does the star S2 move near our galaxy's black hole?17.1 million mph
- How fast is supernova debris?22.4 million mph
- How fast is a galaxy a billion light-years away moving away from us?47.8 million mph
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].