It takes 89.2 years for a comet to travel around its elliptical orbit. in which its perihelion is 0.67 AU. Calculate (a) the semi-major axis of the comet and (b) an estimate of the comet’s aphelion, both in astronomical units (AU).

It takes 89.2 years for a comet to travel around its elliptical orbit. in which its perihelion is 0.67 AU. Calculate (a) the semi-major axis of the comet and (b) an estimate of the comet’s aphelion, both in astronomical units (AU).

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It takes 89.2 years for a comet to travel around its elliptical orbit. in which its perihelion is 0.67 AU. Calculate

(a) the semi-major axis of the comet and

(b) an estimate of the comet’s aphelion, both in astronomical units (AU).

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