Comet Orbit Halleys comet has an elliptical orbit, with the sun at one focus. The
Chapter 10, Problem 59(choose chapter or problem)
Comet Orbit Halleys comet has an elliptical orbit, with the sun at one focus. The eccentricity of the orbit is approximately 0.967. The length of the major axis of the orbit is approximately 35.88 astronomical units. (An astronomical unit is about 93 million miles.) (a) Find an equation of the orbit. Place the center of the orbit at the origin, and place the major axis on the -axis. (b) Use a graphing utility to graph the equation of the orbit. (c) Find the greatest (aphelion) and smallest (perihelion) distances from the suns center to the comets center.
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