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Chapter 20, Problem 7LR
Summary Introduction
The relative positions of Earth, Mars, and Sun when Mars is easiest to see from earth.
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The relative position of different planets and the sun alters because of the revolution of the planets around the sun in elliptical and not circular orbits. The perihelion is defined as the place on the orbit when the planet is at the closest distance from the sun, and the opposite of it is defined as aphelion.
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Ch. 20.1A - Prob. 1ACh. 20.1A - Prob. 2ACh. 20.1A - Prob. 3ACh. 20.1B - Prob. 1ACh. 20.1B - Prob. 2ACh. 20.1B - Prob. 3ACh. 20.2 - Prob. 1ACh. 20.2 - Prob. 2ACh. 20.2 - Prob. 3ACh. 20.2 - Prob. 4A
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