SpeedrooHow slow is Halley's Comet at its farthest from the Sun?
2,036 mphAbout 3,276 km/h · Jet
About 2,000 mph (0.91 km/s), out beyond Neptune. Near the Sun it goes about 60 times faster.
That's about 58 times a red kangaroo's top speed of about 35 mph (56 km/h).
☄️2,036 mph
🏁Segrave's Sunbeam
By speed: Halley's Comet far out is about 10× faster than Segrave's Sunbeam.
Things about as fast
- How fast can the F-14 Tomcat from Top Gun fly?1,544 mph
- How fast can an F-15 Eagle fly?1,875 mph
- How fast did the Bell X-2 fly in 1956?2,094 mph
- How fast is sound in helium?2,159 mph
- How fast is one parsec per million years?2,187 mph
- How fast was the SR-71 Blackbird?2,193 mph
- How fast is 1 kilometer per second?2,237 mph
- How fast does the Moon orbit Earth?2,289 mph
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].