An icy rock in Saturn’s rings orbits around the planet once every 14.9 hours. The radius of the orbit from Saturn’s center is 140,000,000 m. Find the centripetal acceleration of such a rock.Show your work, including diagrams, algebraic equations

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An icy rock in Saturn’s rings orbits around the planet once every 14.9 hours. The radius of the orbit from Saturn’s center is 140,000,000 m. Find the centripetal acceleration of such a rock.Show your work, including diagrams, algebraic equations

 

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