A comet of mass 1.20 3 1010 kg moves in an elliptical
Chapter 13, Problem 40(choose chapter or problem)
A comet of mass 1.20 3 1010 kg moves in an elliptical orbit around the Sun. Its distance from the Sun ranges between 0.500 AU and 50.0 AU. (a) What is the eccentricity of its orbit? (b) What is its period? (c) At aphelion, what is the potential energy of the cometSun system? Note: 1 AU 5 one astronomical unit 5 the average distance from the Sun to the Earth 5 1.496 3 1011 m
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