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A comet of mass travels around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. When it is closest to the Sun it is away and its speed is . Find the change in kinetic energy when it is farthest from the Sun and is away from the Sun
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From the conservation of angular momentum,
Change in kinetic energy is,
Change in kinetic energy is,
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