document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1198026>Question 1198026</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Earth’s orbit is an ellipse with the sun as one of the foci. If the semi-major axis of the Earth’s orbit is 92. 9 miles, find<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The Earth’s orbit is an ellipse with the sun as one of the foci. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the semi-major axis of the Earth’s orbit is 92. 9 miles, find<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. the distance of the sun from the center <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. the shortest and longest distances of the earth from the sun<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In reality, the semi-major axis of the Earth’s orbit is &nbsp;92.9 &nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28highlight%28millions%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28highlight%28millions%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > &nbsp;miles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Learn from this Wikipedia article \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_orbit\r<BR>\n" );
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