document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093464>Question 1093464</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Earth, in a slightly elliptical orbit around the Sun, travels at 3.04 x 10^4m/s at perihelion (the point of closest approach, Jan.3), at a distance of 147.3 million kilometers. At aphelion (the farthest distance, around July 3), 152.3 million km from the Sun, how fast is the Earth moving? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In this case, the two velocities are inversely proportional to the distances.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(in accordance with the Kepler' second law).\r<BR>\n" );
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