This is homework assignment 8, due on Friday, 20thOctober.

Do problems: 3.29 and the following problem.
A particle of mass m moving in an elliptic orbit in a potential V(r) = -k/r, is at position vector r0 and has momentum p0 at time t = 0. Find the aphelion r_a and perihelion r_b of its orbit. Express your answers purely in terms of the scalar r0, the angle between r0 and p0, and the dimensionless parameter ((p0)2r0)/(mk).

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