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The Halley's Comet Has an Elliptical Orbit with an Eccentricity e0.967e \approx 0.967

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The Halley's Comet has an elliptical orbit with an eccentricity of e0.967e \approx 0.967 .The length of the major axis of the orbit is approximately 35.1 astronomical units.Find a polar equation for the orbit.How close does the comet come to the sun? ​


A) 1.1391cosθ\frac { 1.139 } { 1 - \cos \theta } Closest point to the sun is \approx 0.579 astronomical unit.
B) 1.1391+0.967sinθ\frac { 1.139 } { 1 + 0.967 \sin \theta } Closest point to the sun is \approx 0.579 astronomical unit.
C) 1.1391+1.967cosθ\frac { 1.139 } { 1 + 1.967 \cos \theta } Closest point to the sun is \approx 0.579 astronomical unit.
D) 1.13911.967sinθ\frac { 1.139 } { 1 - 1.967 \sin \theta } Closest point to the sun is \approx 0.579 astronomical unit.
E) 0.9671+1.139sinθ\frac{0.967}{ 1 + 1.139 \sin \theta } Closest point to the sun is \approx 0.579 astronomical unit.

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