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When a planet revolves around a star in an elliptical orbit, moving the star's mass from one focus to another alters the orbital dynamics. The direction of the planet's revolution remains unchanged, but the angular velocity will be affected based on the planet's position in its orbit. If the star is moved while the planet is at periapsis, the planet's trajectory will adjust accordingly. Conversely, if the star is relocated while the planet is at apoapsis, the dynamics will also shift. The change in angular velocity occurs over a period of time rather than instantaneously.
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if a planet revolves around a star in an ellipticle orbit and the position of star changes from one focus of ellipse to another then what happens to the angular velocity of planet(direction, sense of revolution )
 
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Is the change instantaneous or over a period of time?

Switching the stars mass from one focus to the other would certainly change the orbital dynamics, depending on when the change occurred.

The direction of revolution would not change, but the dynamics have to change, e.g. if the planet was in periapsis (or perihelion) and the star was moved to the other focus (toward apoapsis), then the planet would necessarily do what? Similarly, what if the planet was at apoapsis and the star move to the other focus?
 
The book claims the answer is that all the magnitudes are the same because "the gravitational force on the penguin is the same". I'm having trouble understanding this. I thought the buoyant force was equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Weight depends on mass which depends on density. Therefore, due to the differing densities the buoyant force will be different in each case? Is this incorrect?

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