The comet has a circulation period of 1000 years. Find its semi-major axis. What about the comet’s speed at aphelion and perihelion?
September 16, 2020 | Education
| a = 100 amu. That is, the velocity V at perihelion is high, at aphelion it is very low, therefore the comet is located almost all the time away from the Sun, and the perihelion region “flies” very quickly.
