SOLUTION: If we assume that Icarus' orbit lay flat in the same plane as Earth's orbit, approximately how far apart would be the points of intersection of the 2 elliptical orbits? Your result
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Question 1141334: If we assume that Icarus' orbit lay flat in the same plane as Earth's orbit, approximately how far apart would be the points of intersection of the 2 elliptical orbits? Your result must be accurate to within 0.1 AU. Explain or show how you found this distance.
(Fortunately, Icarus' orbit is tilted with respect to the Earth's orbital plane. Icarus will come relatively close to the Earth in 2015, when Icarus' nearest approach will be about 22 times the distance of the moon from Earth.) Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
