The planets move around the sun in elliptical orbits, with the sun at one focus. the point where the plant is closer to the sun is called perihelion. the point farthest away is aphelion. these points are the vertices of the orbit. the earths distance is from the sun is 147,000,000 at perihelion and 153,000,000 at aphelion. find the equation for earths orbit. assume the origin is in the center

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The planets move around the sun in elliptical orbits, with the sun at one focus. the point where the plant is closer to the sun is called perihelion. the point farthest away is aphelion. these points are the vertices of the orbit. the earths distance is from the sun is 147,000,000 at perihelion and 153,000,000 at aphelion. find the equation for earths orbit. assume the origin is in the center 

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