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How fast is it traveling at its closest approach to the sun, at a distance of 102 million miles?

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A comet goes around the sun in an elliptical orbit. At its farthest point, 415 million miles from the sun, it is traveling with a speed of 15,120 mi/h. How fast is it traveling at its closest approach to the sun, at a distance of 102 million miles?

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