Solved: Comet Hale-Bopp The comet Hale-Bopp has an elliptical orbit with the sun at one
Chapter 10, Problem 68(choose chapter or problem)
The comet Hale-Bopp has an elliptical orbit with the sun at one focus and has an eccentricity of \(e \approx 0.995\). The length of the major axis of the orbit is approximately 500 astronomical units.
(a) Find the length of its minor axis.
(b) Find a polar equation for the orbit.
(c) Find the perihelion and aphelion distances.
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e approx 0. 995
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