• Estimate the speed of cloud A in Figure, assuming that it lies near the equator. Is you...

 • Estimate the speed of cloud A in Figure, assuming that it lies near the equator. Is your estimate consistent with the rotation speed of the planet?

Figure Uranus’s Rotation (a), (b), and (c) These computer-enhanced Hubble Space Telescope images, taken at roughly 4-hour intervals, show the motion of a pair of bright clouds (labeled A and B) in Uranus’s southern hemisphere. (The numbers at the top give the time of each photo.) (d) An infrared image of Uranus shows that planet’s ring system, as well as a number of clouds (pink and red regions) in the upper atmosphere. (NASA)