Comets travel around the sun in elliptical orbits with large eccentricities. If a comet has speed...

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Comets travel around the sun in elliptical orbits with largeeccentricities. If a comet has speed 1.8×104 m/s when ata distance of 2.6×1011 m from the center of the sun,what is its speed when at a distance of 5.2×1010 m

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Magnitude of torque is given byrF sinwhere r and F are magnitudes of position and force vectorsrespectivelyis the angle between position and force vectorsAlso magnitude of angular momentum is given by mvrsinwhere m is mass r and v are magnitudes of position    See Answer
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