Particles at the very outer edge of Saturn’s A Ring are in a 7:6 orbital resonance with the moon Janus. If the orbital period of

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Janus is 16 hours 41 minutes, what is the orbital period of the outer edge of Ring A?

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vivado [14] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-11T20:08:53+03:00

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Answer:

14 hours 18 minutes.

Explanation:

ratio of number of orbits, so it completes 7 orbits in the time Janus does 6.

(16*60+41)*6/7=858 minutes or 14 hours 18 minutes