Earth’s orbit around the Sun is an ellipse that is almost a circle. The Sun is...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is an ellipse that is almost a circle. The Sun is at one focus, the major axis is 299,190,000 km in length, and the minor axis is 299,148,000 km in length. What are the minimum and maximum distances from Earth to the Sun?

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The given question can be solved by representing the given situation in an ellipse, finding the focus of the obtained ellipse, and then calculating the minimum and maximum distances.

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