Fundamentals of Physics Extended
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(a) the quantum number l for the orbital motion of the Earth around the Sun.
(b) the number of allowed orientation of the plane of the Earth’s orbit.
(c) θmin the half-angle of the smallest cone that can be swept out by a perpendicular to Earth’s orbit as the Earth revolves around the Sun.
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