If You Monitor Saturn's Atmosphere and You See a Storm

question 52

Multiple Choice

If you monitor Saturn's atmosphere and you see a storm near its equator at a longitude of 0° west on one day and at a longitude of 90° west three days later, what is the average wind speed on Saturn at this storm's latitude? Note that these positions are measured on a coordinate system that rotates with the planet's interior, and the radius of Saturn is 6 *10⁷ m.

• A) 720 m/s
• B) 120 m/s
• C) 360 m/s
• D) 540 m/s
• E) 1,440 m/s

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