Object Mean Distance Eccentricity from Sun (in AU) Mercury 0.3871 0.2053 Venus 0.7233 0.0068 Earth 1.0000 0.0167 Mars 1.5234 0.0934 Jupiter 5.2025 0.0488 Saturn 9.5820 0.0572 Uranus 19.2294 0.0444 Neptune 30.1037 0.0112 Asteroid Icarus 1.078 0.827
Object Mean Distance Eccentricity from Sun (in AU) Mercury 0.3871 0.2053 Venus 0.7233 0.0068 Earth 1.0000 0.0167 Mars 1.5234 0.0934 Jupiter 5.2025 0.0488 Saturn 9.5820 0.0572 Uranus 19.2294 0.0444 Neptune 30.1037 0.0112 Asteroid Icarus 1.078 0.827
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Chapter6: The Trigonometric Functions
Section6.6: Additional Trigonometric Graphs
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The orbits of planets and asteroids about the sun are ellipses with the sun at one
focus of the ellipse. How near (in AU) does asteroid Icarus come to the sun? What planets, if any, come
closer to the sun than Icarus? Explain.
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