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How is the speed of a javelin measured?

Updated: 9/21/2023
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Assuming the speed is at its greatest at the moment it leaves the throwers hand, 2 (3 dimensional) ordinates a short distance apart are noted and the time taken between them noted also, then speed = distance / time.

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