(a) An exoplanet is in an elliptical orbit around a distant star. At its closest approach,...

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(a) An exoplanet is in an elliptical orbit around a distant star. At its closest approach, the exoplanet is 0.530 AU from the star and has a speed of 54.0 km/s. When the exoplanet is at its farthest distance from the star of 29.0 AU, what is its speed (in km/s)? (1 AU is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun and is equal to 1.496 x 101 m. You may assume that other planets and smaller objects in the star system exert negligible forces on the exoplanet.) km/s (b) What If? A comet is in a highly elliptical orbit around the same star. The comet's greatest distance from the star is 24,100 times larger than its closest distance to the star. The comet's speed at its greatest distance is 2.70 x 10-2 km/s. What is the speed (in km/s) of the comet at its closest approach? km/s (a) An exoplanet is in an elliptical orbit around a distant star. At its closest approach, the exoplanet is 0.530 AU from the star and has a speed of 54.0 km/s. When the exoplanet is at its farthest distance from the star of 29.0 AU, what is its speed (in km/s)? (1 AU is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun and is equal to 1.496 x 101 m. You may assume that other planets and smaller objects in the star system exert negligible forces on the exoplanet.) km/s (b) What If? A comet is in a highly elliptical orbit around the same star. The comet's greatest distance from the star is 24,100 times larger than its closest distance to the star. The comet's speed at its greatest distance is 2.70 x 10-2 km/s. What is the speed (in km/s) of the comet at its closest approach? km/s

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