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  • 25-01-2022
  • Physics
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As a comet orbits around the sun, its maximum speed is twice its minimum speed. What can we say about its orbit?.

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hannjr hannjr
  • 25-01-2022

Answer:

Its orbit is elongated (eccentricity > 0)  

m v R = const      angular momentum is a constant (only centripetal force)

then v R = constant so the maximum radius of the orbit must be twice the minimum radius of the orbit)

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