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Halley's comet orbits the Sun with a period of 75.3 yr. a) Find the semimajor axis...

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Halley's comet orbits the Sun with a period of 75.3 yr. a) Findthe semimajor axis of the orbit of Halley's comet in astronomicalunits (1 AU is equal to the semimajor axis of the Earth's orbit).b) If Halley's comet is 0.586 AU from the Sun at perihelion, whatis its maximum distance from the Sun, and what is the eccentricityof its orbit?

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According to above concept Keplers third law says that a3 T If we measure a in AU and T in years then the constant of proportionality is 1 and we can write that a3 T2 Since we are given that T 753 years for Halleys comet a 3    See Answer
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