Kepler’s First Law states that planetary orbits are ellipses with thesun at one focus. The orbit of Pluto has eccentricity e ≈ 0.25. Its perihelion (closest distance to the sun) is approximately 2.7 billion miles.Find the aphelion (farthest distance from the sun).

Kepler’s First Law states that planetary orbits are ellipses with thesun at one focus. The orbit of Pluto has eccentricity e ≈ 0.25. Its perihelion (closest distance to the sun) is approximately 2.7 billion miles.Find the aphelion (farthest distance from the sun).

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Kepler’s First Law states that planetary orbits are ellipses with the
sun at one focus. The orbit of Pluto has eccentricity e ≈ 0.25. Its perihelion (closest distance to the sun) is approximately 2.7 billion miles.
Find the aphelion (farthest distance from the sun).

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