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Based on observation made during the 1996 sighting of the comet Hyakutake, it was conclude...

Based on observation made during the 1996 sighting of the comet Hyakutake, it was concluded that the trajectory of the comet is a highly elongated ellipse for which the eccentricity is approximately ε = 0.999887. Knowing that tor the 1996 sighting the minimum distance between the comet and the sun was 0.230RE, where RE is the mean distance from the sun to the earth, determine the periodic time of the comet.

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