Calculating the Area within the Orbit of Arrokoth
The area within the orbit of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) Arrokoth (or 2014MU69) is approximated using the corresponding ellipse. The fact that the Sun lies at a focus of the ellipse is of interest. Attention is made to the known deviations of orbits from their models. It is at least of interest tha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of South Florida
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two |
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| Online Access: | https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol10/iss2/3/ |