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Halley's Comet Moves About the Sun in an Elliptical Orbit

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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 furthest distance being 35 A.U. [1 Astronomical Unit (A.U.) is the Earth-sun distance.] If the comet's speed at closest approach is 54 km/s, what is its speed when it is farthest from the sun?

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