Foundations of Astronomy (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 23, Problem 1SOP
Uranus is about 26,000 km in radius, and its main ring is about 51,000 km from the planet’s center. If you represent the planet with a ball 5 inches in radius, how far from the center would you place its main ring?
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