A thrown baseball travels in a small piece of an elliptical orbit before it strikes the ground.

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A thrown baseball travels in a small piece of an elliptical orbit before it strikes the ground. What is the semi-major axis of the ellipse? (Neglect air resistance.)

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Modern Classical Mechanics

ISBN: 9781108834971

1st Edition

Authors: T. M. Helliwell, V. V. Sahakian

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