How fast is sound in steel?
21,456 km/hAbout 13,300 mph · Orbit
About 5,960 m a second.
That's about 380 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🔩21,456 km/h
✈️Concorde
By speed: sound in steel is about 9.8× faster than Concorde.
Things about as fast
- How fast does Pluto orbit the Sun?17,064 km/h
- What is Mars's escape velocity?18,108 km/h
- How fast does Neptune orbit the Sun?19,548 km/h
- How fast does Titan orbit Saturn?20,052 km/h
- How fast do earthquake P-waves travel?21,600 km/h
- How fast was the DART spacecraft when it hit an asteroid?22,104 km/h
- How fast does Uranus orbit the Sun?24,480 km/h
- How fast is the International Space Station?27,600 km/h
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].