SOLUTION: The Earth, in a slightly elliptical orbit around the Sun, travels at 3.04 x 10^4m/s at perihelion (the point of closest approach, Jan.3), at a distance of 147.3 million kilometers.

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Question 1093464: The Earth, in a slightly elliptical orbit around the Sun, travels at 3.04 x 10^4m/s at perihelion (the point of closest approach, Jan.3), at a distance of 147.3 million kilometers. At aphelion (the farthest distance, around July 3), 152.3 million km from the Sun, how fast is the Earth moving?
Answer by ikleyn(52834) About Me  (Show Source):
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In this case, the two velocities are inversely proportional to the distances.


(in accordance with the Kepler' second law).