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10 February, 10:56

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

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  1. 10 February, 11:15
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    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
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