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In the race to change velocity the fastest, can man-made objects outstrip nature's fastest accelerators?Key facts
- Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity over time.
- Nature is faster than man.
- The pimple shooter fungus ejects spores over 67,000 times faster than the Dodonpa rollercoaster.
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Acceleration
The rate of change of velocity over time
Man-made vs nature
Which is faster?
Jumping antelope
16 m/s2
Dodonpa rollercoaster (Japan)
26.5 m/s2
Astronaut during launch
30 m/s2
Jellyfish stingers
392,000 m/s2
Man-made vs nature
And the winner is
Pimple shooter fungus
Ejects spores at
1.8 million m/s2!!!
Over 67,000 x faster than... …
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