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

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
13th Edition
ISBN:9781133382119
Author:Swokowski
Publisher:Swokowski
Chapter6: The Trigonometric Functions
Section6.6: Additional Trigonometric Graphs
Problem 65E
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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.

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
Transcribed Image Text: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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