A comet is traveling in a highly eccentric orbit around a star. When at its apoapsis 98 AU away from the star, the comet has a speed of 2.7 km/s. What is the speed of the comet at its periapsis, which is only 1 AU away from the star?
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A comet is traveling in a highly eccentric orbit around a star. When at its apoapsis 98 AU away from the star, the comet has a speed of 2.7 km/s. What is the speed of the comet at its periapsis, which is only 1 AU away from the star?
(Please answer to the fourth decimal place - i.e 14.3225)
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