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Use the following values, where needed: radius of the Earth = 4000 mi = 6440 km, 1 year (Earth year) = 365 days (Earth days), 1 AU =

92.9×10692.9 \times 10 ^ { 6 }

mi=

150×106km150 \times 10 ^ { 6 } \mathrm { km }

. The dwarf planet Pluto has eccentricity e = 0.249 and semimajor axis a = 39.5 AU. Find the perihelion and aphelion distances.

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The eccentricity is e=0.249e=0.249 and the parameter aa is a=39.5AUa=39.5 AU, where 1AU=1501061 AU=150\cdot 10^6 km. We need to know the following relation

e=cae=\dfrac{c}{a}

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