The orbit of Hale-Bopp comet, discovered in 1995 , is an ellipse with eccentricity and one focus at the Sun. The length of its major axis is . [An astronomical unit (AU) is the mean distance between Earth and the Sun, about 93 million miles.] Find the maximum distance from the comet to the Sun. (The perihelion distance from a planet to the Sun is and the aphelion distance is .) Find the answer in and round to the nearest hundredth.
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