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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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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