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Halley's Comet Has an Elliptical Orbit Around the Sun with a Period

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Halley's comet has an elliptical orbit around the Sun with a period of 76.0 years. At its closest approach (perihelion) it is 88.6 x 1010 m from the Sun and has a speed of 54.8 km/s. How far is it from the Sun at its furthest point (aphelion) ? The mass of the Sun is 2.00 × 1030 kg and G = 6.67 x 10-11 N·m2/kg2.


A) 12.8 × 1012 m
B) 32.3 × 1012 m
C) 5.42 × 1012 m
D) 31.4 × 1012 m
E) 52..3 × 1012 m

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