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The asteroid Icarus has a perihelion distance of 0.19 AU and an orbital eccentricity of 0.83. What is its semimajor axis from the Sun?
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Transcribed Image Text:The asteroid Icarus has a perihelion distance of 0.19 AU and an orbital eccentricity of 0.83. What is its semimajor axis from the Sun?
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