The Essential Cosmic Perspective (8th Edition)
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Saturn’s Thin Rings. Saturn's riing system is over 270,000 kilometers wide and approximately 50 meters thick. Assuming 1he rings could be shrunk down so tha1 their diameter was the width of a dollar bill (6.6 centimeters), how thick would the rings be? Compare your answer to the actual thickness of a dollar bill (0.01 centi meter).
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The Essential Cosmic Perspective (8th Edition)
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