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A Spaceship Enters the Solar System Moving Toward the Sun 50.050.0

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A spaceship enters the solar system moving toward the Sun at a constant speed relative to the Sun. By its own clock, the time elapsed between the time it crosses the orbit of Jupiter and the time it crosses the orbit of Mars is 50.050.0 minutes. How fast is the spaceship traveling towards the Sun? The radius of the orbit of Jupiter is 778×109 m778 \times 10 ^ { 9 } \mathrm {~m} , and that of the orbit of Mars is 228×109 m228 \times 10 ^ { 9 } \mathrm {~m} .


A) 0.522c0.522 c
B) 0.982c0.982 c
C) 0.438c0.438 c
D) 0.319c0.319 c
E) 0.671c0.671 c

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