Find the orbital speed of an ice cube in the rings of Saturn. The mass of Saturn is 5.68 × 1026 kg and the rings have an average radius of 100,000 km. (G = 6.67 × 10-11 N • m2/kg2)
A) 19.5 km/s
B) 27.5 km/s
C) 13.8 km/s
D) 1.95 km/s
A
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