Question: Q.5) (2 Marks) A comet is going in a parabolie orbit (E= 1) lying in the plane of Earth's crbit. Regarding Earth's orbit as

Q.5) (2 Marks) A comet is going in a parabolie orbit (E=

Q.5) (2 Marks) A comet is going in a parabolie orbit (E= 1) lying in the plane of Earth's crbit. Regarding Earth's orbit as circular of radius a, show that the points where the comet intersects Earth's orbit are given by Zr. cos(e) =-1+-

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