document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1145177>Question 1145177</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Earth's orbit is an ellipse with the sun at one of the foci. If the semi-major axis of the ellipse is 92 million km and the eccentricity is 0.15, find the greatest and the least do stance of earth from sun.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The Earth's orbit is an ellipse with the sun at one of the foci. If the semi-major axis of the ellipse <BR>\n" );
document.write( "is 92 million km and the eccentricity is 0.15, find the greatest and the least do stance of earth from sun.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    The eccentricity of the Earth's orbit is currently about 0.0167; the Earth's orbit is nearly circular.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, \r\n" );
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document.write( "    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity\r\n" );
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document.write( "Had the Earth eccentricity be 0.15, the climate on the Earth would be significantly different . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of 149.60 million km.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    See another Wikipedia article  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_orbit</PRE>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, your post is a total disinformation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When somebody tries to create his (or her) own Math problem, without having knowledge on the subject,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "an expert clearly sees it, even from the distance of 1000 km,  or 2000 km, or 5000 km, or 10000 km or even 20000 km. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The fact that the Earth is spherical, does not make an obstacle to see it . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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