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![**Question:** How fast (in km/s) does Amalthea travel in its orbit around Jupiter? The mass of Jupiter is \(1.90 \times 10^{27}\) kg. Amalthea orbits 182,000 km from the center of Jupiter.
**Answer Box:** [______] km/s](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/ce65b68c-f7fa-43cb-8208-fb11f3ef12a3/df537f52-d59d-445d-881c-c5c238a05889/qcahdds8_thumbnail.png)
Transcribed Image Text:**Question:** How fast (in km/s) does Amalthea travel in its orbit around Jupiter? The mass of Jupiter is \(1.90 \times 10^{27}\) kg. Amalthea orbits 182,000 km from the center of Jupiter.
**Answer Box:** [______] km/s
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