The Planet Mercury Travels in an Elliptical Orbit with Eccentricity $0.403$

question 36

Multiple Choice

The planet Mercury travels in an elliptical orbit with eccentricity $0.403$ . Its minimum distance from the Sun is $6.9 \times 10 ^ { 7 }$ km. If the perihelion distance from a planet to the Sun is $a ( 1 - e )$ and the aphelion distance is $a ( 1 + e )$ , find the maximum distance (in km) from Mercury to the Sun.

• A) \(11.6 \times 10 ^ { 7 }\) km
• B) \(18.3 \times 10 ^ { 7 }\) km
• C) \(20.3 \times 10 ^ { 7 }\) km
• D) \(16.2 \times 10 ^ { 7 }\) km
• E) \(0.8 \times 10 ^ { 7 }\) km

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