Question

BRAINLIEST ANSWER WINS! A satellite is to be put into an elliptical orbit around a moon as shown below. A vertical ellipse is shown surrounding a spherical object labeled, moon. The moon is a sphere with radius of 1000 km. Determine an equation for the ellipse if the distance of the satellite from the surface of the moon varies from 953 km to 466 km.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. x²/1953²  + y²/ 1466² = 1

Step-by-step explanation:

==>Given:

Radius of spherical moon = 1000km

Distance of satellite from moon surface = 953km to 466km

==>Required:

Derived equation of ellipse

==>Solution:

The formula for driving an equation of ellipse is given as:

x²/a² + y²/b² = 1

Where,

a = length of the semi-major axis, while,

b = length of the semi-major axis

Since we are told that the satellite distance to the surface of the moon varies from 953km to 466km, values of a and b is calculated by summing each length to the radius of the moon as follows:

a = radius of moon + the larger distance of the satellite = 1000+953 = 1,953km

b = radius of moon + the smaller distance of the satellite = 1000+466 = 1,466km

Thus, the equation of the ellipse would be:

x²/1953²  + y²/ 1466² = 1