The Sun’s center is at one focus of Earth’s orbit. How far from this focus is the other focus, (a) in meters and (b) in terms of the solar radius, 6.96 *10^8 m? The eccentricity is 0.0167, and the semimajor axis is 1.50 * 10^11 m.

The Sun’s center is at one focus of Earth’s orbit. How far from this focus is the other focus, (a) in meters and (b) in terms of the solar radius, 6.96 10^8 m? The eccentricity is 0.0167, and the semimajor axis is 1.50 10^11 m.

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The Sun’s center is at one focus of Earth’s orbit. How far
from this focus is the other focus, (a) in meters and (b) in terms of
the solar radius, 6.96 *10^8 m? The eccentricity is 0.0167, and the
semimajor axis is 1.50 * 10^11 m.

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