What is the Moon's escape velocity?
8,568 km/hAbout 5,320 mph · Jet
About 2.38 km a second.
That's about 150 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🌕8,568 km/h
✈️Rare Bear
By speed: the Moon's escape velocity is about 10× faster than Rare Bear.
Things about as fast
- How fast does the Sun spin at its equator?7,189 km/h
- How fast was the X-15 rocket plane?7,274 km/h
- How fast does Phobos orbit Mars?7,700 km/h
- How fast does Uranus spin at its equator?9,320 km/h
- How fast does Neptune spin at its equator?9,650 km/h
- 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
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].