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The perihelion (closest approach) distance

The perihelion (closest approach) distance for Halley's comet is 0.57 A.U from the sun. It's orbital period is 75.6 years. Use
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An asteroid in an elliptical orbit about the sun travels at 3.9 106 m/s at perihelion (the point of closest approach) at a
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the period of a comet is 100 years. At ists closest approach(perihelion), it is 0.37 AU from the sun. What is the semi-major
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An asteroid in an elliptical orbit about the sun travels at 2.0 106 m/s at perihelion (the point of closest approach) at a
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1.Halley's comet moves about the sun in an elliptical orbit with its closest approach to the sun being 0.59 A.U. and its
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Halley's comet moves about the sun in an elliptical orbit with its closest approach to the SUn being .59AU and its greatest
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In 1986, the distance of closest approach of Halley’s comet to the Sun is 0.57AU. (1 AU is the mean Earth-Sun distance = 150
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Kepler’s first law of motion describes what feature of a planet’s orbit?(1 point)Responses the distance to the sun the
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If a comet was at aphelion (furthest distance from the sun) in 1944 and will be at perihelion (closest point to the sun) in
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If a comet was at aphelion (furthest distance from the sun) in 1944 and will be at perihelion (closest point to the sun) in
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