One of the brightest comets of the 20th century was Comet Hyakutake, which passed close to the sun in early 1996. The orbital period of this comet is estimated to be about 30,000 years. Find the semimajor axis of this comet’s orbit. Compare it to the average sun–Pluto distance and to the distance to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to the sun, which is 4.3 light-years distant.

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A: Given,θ=0.35 degreed=160×106 km

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A: Given:Data for Jupiter's moon LoHJ = 500 km = 5×105 kmMJ = 8.94×1022 kgRJ = 1815 km=1815×103 m