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MCQAdvancedOrbital Mechanics & Gravitation
USAAAO — 2022 First Round
Question 3
Consider the following elliptical orbit of a comet around a star: Which of the following expressions corresponds to the time that the comet takes to go from point A to point B as a function of the period of the comet (T) and the eccentricity of the orbit (e)? Assume that the direction of the orbit is counterclockwise.
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USAAAO 2022 First Round. Question text, choices, and answer were transcribed from the official USAAAO exam and solutions PDFs.