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And yet the total energy released in that event was about 1023 joules, or about a millionth of Earth’s rotational kinetic energy.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2025
The generic answer is that temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the atoms.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2025
Where the nucleus and electron have the greatest amounts of kinetic energy, the smallest energy is left over for the neutrino.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
When the vehicle is slowing down and the motors are regenerating kinetic energy into electrical energy, the PEM also converts that AC flow back to DC to charge the battery.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2025
The generic answer is that temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the atoms.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2025
Where the nucleus and electron have the greatest amounts of kinetic energy, the smallest energy is left over for the neutrino.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
When the vehicle is slowing down and the motors are regenerating kinetic energy into electrical energy, the PEM also converts that AC flow back to DC to charge the battery.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Kinetic energy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinetic%20energy. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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