The orbit of a 1.5 ✕ 1010 kg comet around the Sun is elliptical, with an aphelion distance of 33.0 AU and...
The orbit of
a 1.5 ✕ 1010 kg comet around the Sun
is elliptical, with an aphelion distance of 33.0 AU and
perihelion distance of 0.850 AU. (Note: 1 AU = one
astronomical unit = the average distance from the Sun to
the Earth
= 1.496 ✕ 1011 m.)
(a)What is its orbital eccentricity?
(b)What is its period? (Enter your answer in
yr.)
(c)At aphelion what is the potential energy (in J) of the comet—Sun system?
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