The Planet Mercury Travels in an Elliptical Orbit with Eccentricity

question 25

Multiple Choice

The planet Mercury travels in an elliptical orbit with eccentricity . Its minimum distance from the Sun is km. If the perihelion distance from a planet to the Sun is and the aphelion distance is , find the maximum distance (in km) from Mercury to the Sun.

• A) km
• B) km
• C) km
• D) km
• E) km

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