Question: A planet A moves along an elliptical orbit around the Sun. At the moment when it was at the distance ro from the Sun its

A planet A moves along an elliptical orbit around the Sun. At the moment when it was at the distance ro from the Sun its velocity 'was equal to vo and the angle between the radius vector ro and the velocity vector vo was equal to a. Find the maximum and minimum distances that will separate this planet from the Sun during its orbital motion.

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