Sentences with phrase «kilometers per hour slower»

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That's evidence that the relatively slow movement of the debris (2 - 4 kilometers per hour) helped species adapt to changing conditions across the Pacific Ocean, the team wrote.

Let's say a driver approaches a red light at 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour) and coasts to slow down, then the light turns green and he or she floors the accelerator.

The maneuver slowed the spacecraft to around a mere 209,000 kilometers per hour, enough to be captured by Jupiter's gravity.

If Curiosity survives its «Seven Minutes of Terror,» slowing from 21,240 kilometers per hour to a dead stop on the surface, it will demonstrate a brand new and downright scary - looking system for delivering heavy loads precisely where scientists want them.

Once slowed to 1700 kilometers per hour, at an altitude of 11 kilometers, Schiaparelli will deploy a parachute to bring its speed down to 250 kilometers per hour.

After four minutes, the craft will have slowed to 1,100 miles (1,170 kilometers) per hour under the protection of a heat shield.

This superefficient aircraft travels slower than a moped, averaging just 50 kilometers per hour on most trips, with its four electrical engines capable of putting out the maximum 10 - horsepower each, solely for takeoff and landing.

Irish Energy Minister Eamon Ryan has floated a valiant plan to slow inner city car traffic in Dublin to 30 kilometers per hour.

Should it be an emergency, callers can dial 1 to make the call go through to the rider, but the latter would need to slow down to a speed below 10 kilometers per hour to be able to answer.