Probably the most famous of all comets, Halleys comet, has an elliptical orbit with the sun at

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Probably the most famous of all comets, Halley’s comet, has an elliptical orbit with the sun at one focus. Its maximum distance from the sun is approximately 35.29 AU (1 astronomical unit is approximately 92.956 × 10miles), and its minimum distance is approximately 0.59 AU. Find the eccentricity of the orbit.

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Calculus

ISBN: 9781285057095

10th Edition

Authors: Ron Larson, Bruce H. Edwards

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