Life in the Universe (4th Edition)
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Author: Jeffrey O. Bennett, Seth Shostak
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Halley’s Orbit. Halley’s Comet orbits the Sun every 76.0 years. (a) Find its semimajor axis distance. (b) Halley’s perihelion distance is about 90 million kilometers from the Sun. What is its aphelion distance? (c) Does Halley’s Comet spend most of its time near its perihelion distance, near its aphelion distance, or halfway in between? Explain.
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