(a) Express the eccentricity ε of the elliptic orbit described by a satellite about a plan...

(a) Express the eccentricity ε of the elliptic orbit described by a satellite about a planet in terms of the distances r0 and r1, corresponding, respectively, to the perigee and apogee of the orbit, (b) Use the result obtained in part a and die data given in Prob. 12.113, where Rε = 93.0 × 106 mi, to determine the appropriate maximum distance from the sun reached by- comet Hyakutake.

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