What is Mercury's escape velocity?
15,300 km/hAbout 9,510 mph · Orbit
About 4.25 km a second.
That's about 270 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🪐15,300 km/h
🌍Earth spinning
By speed: Mercury's escape velocity is about 9.1× faster than Earth spinning.
Things about as fast
- How fast does a geostationary satellite move?11,070 km/h
- How fast was the X-43A scramjet?11,265 km/h
- How fast do earthquake S-waves travel?12,600 km/h
- How fast is a GPS satellite?13,900 km/h
- 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
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].