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The Hale-Bopp comet, discovered independently on July 23, 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, has an orbital eccentricity of
(a) Find its semimajor axis in astronomical units (AU).
(b) Find its perihelion and aphelion distances.
(c) Choose a polar
(d) Make a sketch of the Hale-Bopp orbit with reasonably accurate proportions.
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