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

question 30

Multiple Choice

If you monitor Saturn's atmosphere and you see a storm at a longitude of 0° west on one day and at a longitude of 90° west 3 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.(The radius of Saturn is 6 × 10⁷ meters.)

• A) 720 m/s
• B) 120 m/s
• C) 360 m/s
• D) 540 m/s