Practicing Success
The maximum and minimum distance of a comet from the sun are 8 x 1012 m and 1.6 x 1012 m. If its velocity when nearest to the sun is 60 m/s, what will be its velocity in m/s when it is farthest : |
6 m/s 12 m/s 34 m/s 69 m/s |
12 m/s |
According to conservation of angular momentum mvminrmax = mvmaxrmin = constant |