What is the angular diameter of Saturn (in degrees) as seen from the surface of Rhea? (Note: Necessary data can be found in this Celestial Profile angular diameter (in arc seconds) linear diameter and in this table. Hint: Use the small-angle formula, 2.06 x 105 distance
What is the angular diameter of Saturn (in degrees) as seen from the surface of Rhea? (Note: Necessary data can be found in this Celestial Profile angular diameter (in arc seconds) linear diameter and in this table. Hint: Use the small-angle formula, 2.06 x 105 distance
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Transcribed Image Text:What is the angular diameter of Saturn (in degrees) as seen from the surface of Rhea? (Note: Necessary data can be found in this Celestial Profile
angular diameter (in arc seconds)
linear diameter
and in this table. Hint: Use the small-angle formula,
2.06 x 105
distance

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Celestial Profile: SATURN
Table A-11 Principal Satellites of the Solar System
Distance from
Orbital Period
Orbital
Orbital
Primary
Satellite
Radius (km)
Primary (10' km)
days
Eccentkity
Inclination"
МOTION
Esrth
Moon
3614
272
OSS
Average distance from the Sun
Eccentricity of orbit
Inclination of orbit to ecliptic
Orbital period
Rotation period (sidereal)
14 X 12 x 10
9.58 AU (143 x 10° km)
Mars
Prebos
94
Lleimos
235
126
Aalh
0.056
lupelet
135 X 1x
lo
1820
422
177
2.5°
Europe
15NI
29.5 y
Grymede
3630
1001
Caleto
2M10
1884
10.57 h
11A
Satun
Janus
110 x 80 x 100
151.5
0.70
Inclination of equator to orbit
26,7°
196
185.5
15
Enceladus
250
2380
137
Tethys
530
2917
CHARACTERISTICS
Dure
550
377
24
Rhea
527
452
Equatorial diameter
1.21 X 10 km (9.45 De
5.68 X 1025 kg (95.2 Ma)
0.69 g/cm
1.1 Earth gravities
Tite
1222
Hyperion
203 X 110 X 1o
1454
2128
0.104
Mass
Lapetir
20
356
Phocte
106
12.900
0.163
190
Average density
Gravity at cloud tops
Escape velocity
Temperature at cloud tops
Uans
Mranda
235
1299
14
Ariel
1909
252
Umbrie
206.0
414
35.5 km/s (3.2 Va)
95 K (-290°F)
litenia
436
Oberon
790
5834
1346
Neptune
Proteus
206
1176
112
Trion
354 59
Albedo
0.34
Nereld
170
35580
20012
Pluto
Oblateness
0.098
Charon
25 x 18 X IN
487
24RS
or
Hycra
22 x 22 x 12
647
3820
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PERSONALITY POINT
The Greek god Cronus was forced to flee when his son Zeus (Jupiter in
Roman mythology) tock power. Cronus fled to Italy, where the Romans
called him Saturn, protector of the sowing of seed. He was celebrated in
a weeklong wild party called the Saturnalia at the time of the winter
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