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Time that a comet spends inside Earth's orbit
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Time that a comet spends inside Earth's orbit
I tried in the first place to use the effective potential of a parabolic orbit which is 0 to get the angular momentum L. Evaluating the function U(r) at r = rP i get U(rP) = L^2/(2m(rP)^2) - GmM/rP = 0. Here I get L = m√(2GMrP). Now the relationship between angular momentum L and areal...- matteo446
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- Comet Earth's orbit Orbit Time
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