Asked by christian

Jupiter takes 9.9259 hours to rotate on its axis and has a tangential speed of 12,293 m/s. What is the radius of Jupiter?

7,781.6 km
19,420 km
48,893 km
69,912 km

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use v = 2πr / T, so r = vT / (2π).

T = 9.9259 h = 9.9259×3600 = 35,733.24 s.
r = (12,293 m/s × 35,733.24 s) / (2π) ≈ 6.9912×10^7 m ≈ 69,912 km.

Answer: 69,912 km.