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A comet goes around the sun in an elliptical orbit. Atitsfarthest point, 395million miles from the sun, it is travelingwitha speed of 15, 175 mi/h. How fast is it traveling at itsclosestapproach to the sun, at a distance of 200millionmiles?__________mi/h
An asteroid in an elliptical orbit about the sun travels at3.1x 10^6 m/s at perihelion ( the point of closest approach) atadistance of 3.8 x 10^8 km from the sun. How fast is it travelingataphelion ( the most distant point), which is 9.0 x 10^8 km fromthesun?______________m/s

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