Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259638091
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell, Brian Self
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12.3, Problem 12.101P
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Find the eccentricity of the trajectory of Voyager I on its approach to Saturn.
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