Solution: One of the brightest comets of the 20th century
Chapter 13, Problem 13.72(choose chapter or problem)
One of the brightest comets of the 20th century was Comet Hyakutake, which passed close to the sun in early 1996. The orbital period of this comet is estimated to be about 30,000 years. Find the semi-major axis of this comets orbit. Compare it to the average sunPluto distance and to the distance to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to the sun, which is 4.3 light-years distant.
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