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Uranus has a mass of 8.68 1025 kg and a radius of 2.56 107 m. Assume it is a uniform solid sphere. The distance of Uranus from the Sun is 2.87 1012 m. (Assume Uranus completes a single rotation in 17.3 hours and orbits the Sun once every 3.08 104 Earth days.) (a) What is the rotational kinetic energy of Uranus on its axis? (b) What is the rotational kinetic energy of Uranus in its orbit around the Sun?