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n. Excessive speed, such as greater than 10,000 feet per second

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  • The meteorites struck the earth with hypervelocity impacts
  • Telescope say it is the most likely scenario for a so-called hypervelocity star, known as HE
  • The main nucleus of P/2010 A2 would be the surviving remnant of this so-called hypervelocity collision.
  • Astronomers had spotted the hasty traveler before-it's one of 16 known "hypervelocity" stars.
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