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Universal Gravitation

Problem 1.207

A planet of mass mm moves along an ellipse around the Sun so that its maximum and minimum distances from the Sun are equal to r1r_{1} and r2r_{2} respectively. Find the angular momentum MM of this planet relative to the centre of the Sun.

Reveal Answer
1.207. M=m2γmsr1r2/(r1+r2),M=m \sqrt{2 \gamma m_{s} r_{1} r_{2} /\left(r_{1}+r_{2}\right)}, where mSm_{S} is the mass of the Sun.