What Is the Ratio of the Orbital Angular Momentum of Jupiter

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is the ratio of the orbital angular momentum of Jupiter to its spin angular momentum? Jupiter's orbit has a semimajor axis of 5 AU and period of 12 years,and Jupiter has a rotation period of 0.4 day and a radius of 70,000 km.

• A) 10
• B) 26 thousand
• C) 36 million
• D) 50 billion

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