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Chapter 10, Problem 32QAP
To determine
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Derive a best fit constant, similar to that referred to in Kepler's law of periods if the eight planets, as well as Pluto and Comet Halley, orbit the Sun according to Newton's law of universal gravitation. The table has data for the periods (T) and semimajor axes (a) for each orbital ellipse?
To determine
(b)
Prediction of the value of a for the elliptical orbit of Comet Halley?
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