SOLUTION: The moon’s orbit is an ellipse with the earth at one focus. The length of the major axis is 478,000 miles and the eccentricity e = 0.0549. Find the greatest distance from the ear

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Question 1170055: The moon’s orbit is an ellipse with the earth at one focus. The length of the major axis is 478,000 miles and the eccentricity e = 0.0549. Find the greatest distance from the earth to the moon.
Answer by ikleyn(52778)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The distance is greatest, when the moon is at the vertex the most remoted from the focus


    the greatest distance = (478000/2)*(1+0.0549) miles.


Use your calculator.


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