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**!xxx Trajectory in a gravitational field

Assume an object comes from infinity and passes by the sun at 2 solar radiuses from its center. Can you derive an equation describing the objects path using only escape velocities and C??
 
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You could start by writing the general equation for a hyperbola.
 

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