document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1184729>Question 1184729</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The orbit of the earth around the sun is elliptical in shape with the sun at one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "focus and semimajor axis of length 185.8 million miles. If the distance of the sun from the center of the orbit is 1.58 million miles, find<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. the greatest distance from the sun to Earth, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. the least distance from the sun to Earth. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The orbit of the earth around the sun is elliptical in shape with the sun at one focus and semimajor axis <BR>\n" );
document.write( "of length 185.8 million miles. If the distance of the sun from the center of the orbit is 1.58 million miles, find<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. the greatest distance from the sun to Earth, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. the least distance from the sun to Earth.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you look into Wikipedia article, &nbsp;related to the &nbsp;Earth orbit around the &nbsp;Sun, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_orbit\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you will find there &nbsp;TOTALLY &nbsp;DIFFERENT &nbsp;number for the semimajor axis length of  &nbsp;&nbsp;92.96×10^6 miles &nbsp;&nbsp;(half of your value (!) ).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I can not participate in the solution of the problem, &nbsp;which incorrectly treats the world's constants.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "( Had the &nbsp;Earth be two times farther from the &nbsp;Sun, &nbsp;than  it really is, &nbsp;it would obtain \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "only smart part of the heat energy from the &nbsp;Sun &nbsp;(probably, &nbsp;only one fourth of the current energy flow), \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "everything would be covered by ice, &nbsp;and the life, &nbsp;as we know it,  &nbsp;would be hardly possible in our beautiful world . . . ).\r<BR>\n" );
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