A NASA spacecraft once landed on the surface of the asteroid named 433 Eros.This asteroid is near Earth and has an average orbital speed of 24.36 kilometers per second. What is its speed in meters per second?

Since 1 kilometer equals 1,000 meters, convert 24.36 kilometers per second by multiplying 24.36 by 1,000. This gives 24,360 meters per second, which is choice D.

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