Monday, August 8, 2011

Is the orbit of the comet elliptical, parabolic, or hyperbolic?

The Pons-Brooks comet had a speed of 47.30 km/s when it reached its perihelion point, 1.160 X 108 km from the Sun. Is the orbit of this comet elliptic, parabolic, or hyperbolic?

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