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Accoding to kelper's law if a planet revolves around the sun, its trajectory is elliptical with sun sweeps equal areas is equal interyals of time. Given the ratio f magnetitude of maximum velocity (u) to minimum velocity (v) of planet as 3 and shortance distance between plonet and sun is `(a)/(2)`.
Elccentricity of elliptical orbit is

A

`(2)/(3)`

B

`(2)/(4)`

C

`(2)/(1)`

D

`(1)/(sqrt(2))`

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C
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