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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

As said before, it's 186,000 miles per second - that translates to 669,600,000mph. That star is only moving at 0.224% of the speed of light.

14 posted on 02/08/2005 10:52:34 PM PST by ElectionTracker

To: ElectionTracker; Hetty_Fauxvert

Just looked it up here:

http://www.convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/Measurement/Converter.ASP

1.5 million/miles/hr =416 miles/sec which is
.00223675 of the speed of light

18 posted on 02/08/2005 11:00:06 PM PST by TheLion

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