How fast was the Chelyabinsk meteor?
68,400 km/hAbout 42,500 mph · Orbit
About 19 km a second when it hit the atmosphere in 2013.
That's about 1,200 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
☄️68,400 km/h
☀️the Sun spinning
By speed: the Chelyabinsk meteor is about 9.5× faster than the Sun spinning.
Things about as fast
- How fast is Voyager 2?55,300 km/h
- How fast was New Horizons at launch?58,500 km/h
- How fast is Voyager 1?61,500 km/h
- How fast does Io orbit Jupiter?62,280 km/h
- How fast is the Sun moving past nearby stars?72,000 km/h
- What is Uranus's escape velocity?76,680 km/h
- What is Neptune's escape velocity?84,600 km/h
- How fast does Mars orbit the Sun?86,652 km/h
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].