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When it is about the same distance from Jupiter, spacecraft on a mission to the outer planets has a speed that is 1.5 times the speed of Jupiter in its orbit. Why does the orbit of the spacecraft about the sun follow a hyperbolic orbit?
Can you assume that Jupiter has a circular orbit? So far I've tried caltulating the total energies of the spacecraft and of Jupiter but I don't think that's correct.
Can you assume that Jupiter has a circular orbit? So far I've tried caltulating the total energies of the spacecraft and of Jupiter but I don't think that's correct.