document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1167713>Question 1167713</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Kepler observed that Pluto orbits the sun in an elliptic motion. With the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sun at one focus, nearest that Pluto gets to the Sun is 4,400,000,000 km, and the farthest that it goes to the Sun is 7,400,000,000 km. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Assuming that the center of Pluto’s orbit is at (0, 0), find the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that models Pluto’s orbit. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) If an unidentified planet is located in the other focus, how far is this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "planet from the Sun? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1. Kepler observed that Pluto orbits the sun in an elliptic motion. With the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sun at one focus, nearest that Pluto gets to the Sun is 4,400,000,000 km, and the farthest that it goes to the Sun is 7,400,000,000 km. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Assuming that the center of Pluto’s orbit is at (0, 0), find the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that models Pluto’s orbit. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) If an unidentified planet is located in the other focus, how far is this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "planet from the Sun?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem's formulation is &nbsp;MONSTROUS.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To part &nbsp;(a)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Kepler lived &nbsp;1571 - 1630.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pluto was discovered in the year &nbsp;1930.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, &nbsp;Kepler &nbsp;(as a person) &nbsp;could not observe Pluto and did not know about &nbsp;Pluto's existence.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To part &nbsp;(b)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If another planet is &nbsp;\" placed \" &nbsp;in the other focus &nbsp;(in the standard meaning of the word &nbsp;\" placed \"),\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then, &nbsp;according to &nbsp;Physics, &nbsp;this planet will fall to the &nbsp;Sun.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, &nbsp;this formulation in &nbsp;(b) &nbsp;is &nbsp;MONSTROUS, &nbsp;too.\r<BR>\n" );
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