Santa's sleigh must travel at an incredible 650 miles per second to deliver presents to all children worldwide on Christmas Eve, according to calculations by the University of Arizona. This speed is approximately 3,000 times faster than the speed of sound, yet still within the realm of physics and below light speed.

To achieve this feat, the sleigh requires:

• Acceleration: 21.5 miles per second per second
• Estimated power: 6.47-trillion brake horsepower
• Payload capacity: 4 million tonnes at takeoff

For perspective, Santa's sleigh performance far exceeds modern vehicles:

• Accelerates 10x faster than the McMurtry Speirling (currently the fastest tested car)
• Covers 1/4 mile in 0.01 seconds (compared to Speirling's 7.97 seconds)
• Carries equivalent cargo to 16,000 Antonov AN-225 aircraft or 2.6 million Ford Transit Custom vans

This combination of unprecedented speed and massive cargo capacity makes Santa's sleigh the most remarkable vehicle ever, surpassing even the fastest space probes while managing to deliver joy to children worldwide in a single night.

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