A planet is revolving around the sun in elliptical orbit. Its closest distance from the sun is r and farthest distance is R. If the orbital velocity of the planet closest to the sun be v, then what is the velocity at the farthest point?
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From Keplar's law VR = constant
so Vr = V'R ⇒ V' = Vr/R
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