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To put this in perspective, a car going highway speeds of 60 mi/h that travels for 24 hours will travel 1,440 miles, or approximately 500,000 times the car's le
by jxf 5y ago
To put this in perspective, a car going highway speeds of 60 mi/h that travels for 24 hours will travel 1,440 miles, or approximately 500,000 times the car's length.
By contrast, this molecule is 3 nm long and traveled 1 micron in 24 hours, or approximately 300 times the molecule's length -- that is, about four orders of magnitude slower than the car given its length.
- nine_k 5y agoBy this metric, something like a bee is faster than a jet fighter. A bee: 0.02m, 5 m/s -> 250 self lengths. A fighter: 20m, 500 m/s -> 25 self lengths.
- labster 5y agoBy this metric, X-rays move faster than light.
- hennell 5y agoYou might have just revolutionised the world of physics
- md5wasp 5y agoCompared to a visible light wave, the smaller “”faster”” X-rays have more bandwidth/can carry more information for the same band width—so the distinction seems to make a kind of intuitive sense.
- daniel-cussen 5y agoThey do, but not as fast as gamma rays. And according to which observer?
- labster 5y agoI wouldn’t observe gamma rays. They’re bad for your health.
- pdpi 5y agoYes, the bee is faster in a meaningful way — the exact same way we say an ant is incredibly strong, relative to its size.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> By this metric, something like a bee is faster than a jet fighter. The metric is even worse than that. Think about a bee riding inside a fighter.