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A comet that was seen in April 574 by Chinese astronomerson a day known by them as the Woo Woo day was spotted again inMay 1994. Assume the time between observations is the period of the Woo Woo day comet and take its eccentricity as 0.11 .

What are(a) the semi major axis of the comet鈥檚 orbit and

(b) its greatest distance from the Sun in terms of the mean orbital radius RP of Pluto?

Short Answer

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  1. 1.9脳1013mis the semi-major axis of the comet鈥檚 orbit.
  2. 6.4RP is the comet鈥檚 greatest distance from the sun in terms of the mean orbital radius RPof Pluto.

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Step 1: Given

T=1994鈥墆别补谤蝉574鈥墆别补谤蝉=1420years

Eccentricity (e)=0.9932

Msun=1.991030鈥塳驳

G=6.671011Nm2kg2

Semi major axis of Pluto=5.91012鈥尘

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Determining the concept

As, the time period of the comet is given indirectly, using Kepler鈥檚 3rd law, find the semi major axis of the comet.

Once the semi major axis of the comet is found, and the semi major axis of Pluto is known, find the comet鈥檚 greatest distance from the sun in terms of the mean orbital radius RP.According to Kepler鈥檚 third law, the squares of the orbital periods of the planets are directly proportional to the cubes of the semi major axes of their orbits.

Formula is as follow:

T2=42GMa3

where, T is time, G is gravitational constant, M is mass and a is semi major axis.

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(a) Determining the semi-major axis of the comet’s orbit

The time period is given in years. Therefore, convert them into seconds,

T=1420鈥墆别补谤蝉

1420years=1420years365days24hrs3600s1year

1420years=4.481010鈥塻

T2=42GMa3

(4.481010s)=426.671011Nm2kg2(1.991030kg)a342a3=6.671011Nm2kg2(1.991030kg)(4.481010s)a=6.671011Nm2kg2(1.991030kg)(4.481010s)421/3a=1.91013m

Hence, the semi-major axis of the comet鈥檚 orbit is 1.9脳1013m.

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(b) Determining the comet’s greatest distance from the sun in terms of the mean orbital radius RP  of Pluto

As the eccentricity of the orbit of the comet is e, the distance from the focus to its center is ea,

Dcometandsun=ea+a=a(e+1)=1.91013m(0.9932+1)=1.91013m(1.9932)=3.781013m=3.781013km

Mean Orbital radius of Pluto isRP,

(Dcometandsun)intermsofRP=RPDcometandsunsemimajoraxisofpluto=3.781010km5.91012kmRP=6.4RP.

Hence, the comet鈥檚 greatest distance from the sun in terms of the mean orbital radius RPof Pluto is 6.4RP.

Therefore, using Kepler鈥檚 3rd law, the semi major axis of the comet can be found. Using this semi major axis and eccentricity, the distance of the comet from the sun can be found in terms of the orbital radius of the comet.

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