Background:
In
the
lab
you
will
use
your
knowledge
of
Kepler’s
and
Newton’s
Laws
to
analyze
th
Purpose:
To
summarize
how
shepherd
moons
manage
to
keep
the
particles
that
orbit
between
their
orbits
tightly
confined
within
a
narrow
ring.
Part
1:
Applying
Kepler’s
Laws
to
Rings
and
Satellites
Figure
1
shows
an
image
of
part
of
Saturn’s
rings
taken
by
the
Cassini
spacecraft.
The
rings
are
made
of
millions
of
icy
chunks.
These
ring
particles
follow
Kepler’s
Laws,
each
in
its
own
orbit.
From
this
image:
1.
Which
set
of
particles
will
travel
fastest?
(A,
B,
or
0
2
.
Which
set
will
be
traveling
the
slower?
Figure
2
shows
a
Cassini
Image
of
two
moons
Pandora
and
Prometheus,
the
F
Ring,
and
the
outer
part
of
the
A
Ring
of
Saturn.
Rank
the
following
objects
in
order
of
orbiting
Saturn
the
fastest
(1)
to
orbiting
Saturn
the
slowest
(4):
4
Pandora
1
A
Ring
3
F
Ring
2
Prometheus
Name:
Ma.
Cristina
Nicole
Mangente
