The mean distance of earth from the sun is
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The length of the major is axis is
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The aphelion of earth is
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The aphelion of earth is
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The distance form the center of the ellipse to the sun (focus) is
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The equation of the orbit is
, where
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The equation for the orbit is
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The equation for the orbit is
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