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Secure https://session.masteringgeology.com/myct/temView?offset-next&assignmentProblemID; 7061315 Solar System Give It Some Thought: Craters and Moons 2of9 Part C-Shepherd moons and planetary rings Moons orbiting outside of, inside of, or between the planetary rings (like those around Saturn) may act Ike shepherds herding a group of animals. The gravity of these shepherd moons helps to define the edges of the planetary rings by preventing debris from leaving the rings. Review the diagram below the lower left of the pictured rings). Debris rings are signficandy effected by nearby moons: showing the shepherd moons Ophelia and Cordelia along with a debris ring in orbit around the planet Uranus (not pictured; located to Moons similar to Ophelia and Cordelia imit the width of debris rings The gravity of a moon causes debris that escapes the ring to be deflected back inta the ring, oolide with the moon, or be expeled out of the system. Now imagine that an asteroid from deep space enters the area, and collides with Ophelia and knocks this moon out af the Uranian system. What would be the mpact on the Epsilon ring? Select all that apply. Epsion ring Ophelia Cordelio View Available Hints) The Epsion ring would expand toward Cordelia's ott The Epsilon ring would stay the same. L? The Epson ring would expand toward the space once occupied by Ophelia's orbit. The Epsilon ring would get wider

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Answer : If an asteroid from deep space entered the area and collided with Ophelia, knocking it out of the Uranian system,

Reason : In the absence of the shepherd moon Ophelia, there would be no gravity on one side of the Epsilon ring and thus the debris from the ring would expand much beyond the orbit of Ophelia as a result of which the Epsilon ring would also get wider as it expands.

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