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Oh, well spotted with the trivial case. Yea it looks like there's something wrong the question, and i think my method was fine. Thanks for your time.

Homework Statement A body on an orbit with semi-major axis a and eccentricity e undergoes tidal circularisation. Show that the orbit will circularise at a semi-major axis, acirc, given by acirc = 2rperi = 2a (1 − e). Homework Equations No equations given, but I think the following could...