8. Centripetal Forces & Gravitation
Kepler's Third Law for Elliptical Orbits
8. Centripetal Forces & Gravitation
Kepler's Third Law for Elliptical Orbits - Video Tutorials & Practice Problems
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Kepler's Third Law for Elliptical Orbits
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ProblemComet Halley has a highly elliptical orbit around the Sun, circling once every 75.6 years with its closest point to the Sun being only 0.57AU ("Astronomical Unit", where 1 AU = m and represents the average Earth-Sun distance). How far will Comet Halley get from the Sun?
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Distant Star orbiting Black Hole
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