Suppose you have calculated the speed of Ganymede in its orbit from Kepler's laws. You time the interval between when Ganymede first begins to disappear into Jupiter's shadow and when it is totally occulted by Jupiter. What can you calculate from this information?
A) the radius of the orbit of Ganymede
B) the rotational period of Ganymede
C) the orbital period of Ganymede
D) the radius of Ganymede
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