Io (pronounced "EYE ok") is one of Jupiter's moons discovered by Galileo. Io is slightly larger than Earth's Moon. The mass of Io is 8.93x10^22 kilograms and the mass of Jupiter is 1.90x10^27 kilograms. The distance between the centers of Io and Jupiter is 4.22x10^9 meters.

If Io orbits Jupiter on a circular path whats Io's tangential velocity along this orbit?

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