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ÓMichel Fich(Marks: ¼ [25%] of Course Assignment Marks)SCIENCE 238 Assignment #1Due: 11:59 pm, 1 February 2023Please hand in using Learn “Submit” “Dropbox”Answers should be given with an appropriate number of digits of accuracy.Marks may be deductedfor inappropriate presentation of answers (i.e. too many significant figures) on all assignments.1.An object is in orbit around the Sun. If the time from one Oppositionto the next is 1.4 years (i.e. the synodic period) then (a) What is the(sidereal) period of the object’s orbit? (b) What is the semi-major axisof the object’s orbit? (c) What is the elongation of this planet threemonths after Opposition? Assume that all orbits are circular.(Marks: 4)2.What is the minimum and maximum angular size (diameter) of
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Kines
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Planet, Radial velocity, Spectral line

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