Saturday, October 20, 2012

70,400

The fastest known moon in our solar system, Metis, travels at 70400 mph, circling Jupiter every 7 hours, 4 minutes, and 29 seconds. 



for more info:  Metis on Wikipedia
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 21, 2012 at 6:57 AM

    And I got a ticket for going 72 mph

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  2. Don NaffOctober 22, 2012 at 5:46 PM

    Wow...that's over 30 times as fast as our moon goes around the earth. That's 92 times the speed of sound at sea level. And one revolution is about 4 times as long as the number of days in Alaska this year when there was sunshine and the temperature was above freezing. :(

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