MODIFIED MAST ASTRONOMY:COSMIC PERSPECTI
MODIFIED MAST ASTRONOMY:COSMIC PERSPECTI
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Mars Orbit. Find the perihelion and aphelion distances of Mars. (Hint: You’ll need data from Appendix E a table of orbital properties of the planets.)

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