As seen from the Earth, the Sun, Moon, and planets all appear to move along the ecliptic. ... Unlike the Sun, however, the planets don't always move in the same direction along the ecliptic. They usually move in the same direction as the Sun, but from time to time they seem to slow down, stop, and reverse direction!
Because of various events in their (unknown) past history that resulted in deviations from the theoretical orbit. That formed in the plain of the ecliptic.
Capturing a large passing comet or asteroid might do it.
Explanation:
First, we need to determine the distance traveled by the car in the first 30 minutes,
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Notice that the unit measurement for speed, in this case, is km/hr. Thus, a unit conversion of from minutes into hours is required before proceeding with the calculation, as shown below

Now, it is known that the car traveled 40 km for the first 30 minutes. Hence, the remaining distance,
, in which the driver reduces the speed to 40km/hr is
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Subsequently, we would also like to know the time taken for the car to reach its destination, denoted by
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Finally, with all the required values at hand, the average speed of the car for the entire trip is calculated as the ratio of the change in distance over the change in time.

Therefore, the average speed of the car is 50 km/hr.
Over millions of years, layer after layer of sediment and other plants and bacteria were formed. ... Even higher heat or biomass made predominantly of plant material produced natural gas.