An asteroid orbits the Sun with semi- major axis = 10 AU and eccentricity e = 0.6. Calculate the ratio of the maximum to the minimum amount of energy it receives from the Sun per second during its orbit.

An asteroid orbits the Sun with semi- major axis = 10 AU and eccentricity e = 0.6. Calculate the ratio of the maximum to the minimum amount of energy it receives from the Sun per second during its orbit.

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Chapter13: Universal Gravitation

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An asteroid orbits the Sun with semi-
major axis = 10 AU and eccentricity e =
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0.6. Calculate the ratio of the maximum
to the minimum amount of energy it
receives from the Sun per second during
its orbit.
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O b.
64
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O d. 16
е.
4

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