Find the Orbital Speed of an Ice Cube in the Rings

question 17

Multiple Choice

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

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Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, with a certain level of confidence.

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The average value of all the elements in a population, representing the central tendency of that population.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values in a dataset deviate from the mean.

Confidence Interval

An estimated range of values calculated from sample data that is likely to include the true parameter of the whole population with a certain level of confidence.