COSMIC PERSPECTIVE
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Chapter 11, Problem 53EAP

Ring Particle Collisions. Each ring particle in the densest part of Saturn’s rings collides with another about every 5 hours. If a ring particle survived for the age of the solar system, how many collisions would it undergo?

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