Modified Mastering Physics with Pearson eText -- Combo Access -- for Physics for Scientist and Engineers (18 week)

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Author: Douglas C. Giancoli

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Chapter 6, Problem 57P

(III) The comet Hale-Bopp has a period of 2400 years. (a) What is its mean distance from the Sun? (b) At its closest approach, the comet is about 1.0 AU from the Sun (1 AU = distance from Earth to the Sun). What is the farthest distance? (c) What is the ratio of the speed at the closest point to the speed at the farthest point?

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