Problem 12.5

Please wait for the animation to completely load.

The animation purports to model a solar system.  However, the planet shown is not in a circular or an elliptical orbit (position is given in 10⁴ km and time is given in years).  Restart.

1. Could this represent a physical situation? 
2. Why or why not?

When you get a good-looking graph, right-click on it to clone the graph and resize it for a better view.

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