It galloped toward the planet's core, accelerating at gravity's constant 32 feet per second per second.
Seventy-five thousand tons dead-weight rushing through the fog at the rate of fifty feet per second, had hurled itself at an iceberg.
On Friday evening, the Corps said it would open the spillway once river flows reach 1.5 million cubic feet per second.
Normal gait speed improved from 3.9 to 4.1 feet per second and maximum gait speed increased from 5.5 feet to 5.8 feet per second.
It travels as fast as 3 feet per second and can drive over small bumps like the edge of a carpet, but it cannot negotiate stairs.
At its 27 ground hubs, an automated sorting system relies on information picked up by cameras and laser scanners as packages whiz by at 540 feet per second.
As of Wednesday evening, 17 bays were open at Morganza -- one more than earlier in the day -- moving water at an estimated 114, 000 cubic feet per second, the Corps of Engineers said.
The launcher shoots the bottles at a velocity of 984 feet per second, fast enough to smash a double-layer breeze-block wall and allow assault troops to enter a building, according to the manufacturer, BCB International.
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The popular pet fish can jump up to eight times their body length, at speeds of more than 4 feet per second, according to a recently published research paper in the online peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.
New Orleans has the largest pumps in the nation, Thornton said, capable of moving 10, 000 cubic feet of water per second.
In a smaller loop of, say, 4, 000 feet, data can hum along at up to 6 megabits per second, nearing cable modem speeds.
The result is a cleaner connection at speeds of 200 to 500 kilobits per second, reaching as far as 24, 000 feet.
Gill says one customer in North Carolina gets 300 kilobits per second, even though the signals travel 30, 000 feet, almost 6 miles.
The latest estimate is that the Chelyabinsk meteor was about 56 feet (17 meters) across, weighed more than 7, 000 tons and was moving about 18 kilometers per second (40, 000 mph) when it blew apart, she said.
The latest estimate is that the Chelyabinsk meteor was about 56 feet (17 meters) across, weighed more than 700, 000 tons and was moving about 18 kilometers per second (40, 000 mph) when it blew apart, she said.
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