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(2)The planet Mercury is revolving in an elliptical orbit around the sun,as shown in the fig. The Kinetic Energy of mercury will be greater atSunB(a) A(b) B(c) C(d) D

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D is the perigee of the orbit.

At D the planet has maximum velocity and therefore maximum Kinetic energy, and minimum potential energy

Hence d is the correct answer

perigee means what



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