I was watching a SciFi tv show where large objects had an outer speed limit of 18000 kph and that got me wondering what things in everyday life are faster than even 500 kph.

I know bullets can be fast, but they are not exactly everyday life (at least in my life).

I included mass for obvious relativistic reasons.

  • Yardy Sardley@lemmy.ca
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    14 days ago

    Planes are a good answer. Commercial jets normally fly at about 900km/h.

    Also satellites. Something in low earth orbit like the ISS or a starlink node would be going about 8km per second.

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      14 days ago

      Are planes part of your daily life?

      I use planes maybe once every thee years.

      • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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        14 days ago

        They’re everywhere all the time. Thousands of flights per day carrying millions of people.

        I haven’t flown in several years, but in some years have taken 100+ flights.

        For someone on the US coasts (especially North East) getting anywhere quickly beyond a couple hundred miles will possibly involve a plane.