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The orbit of the Earth is an ellipse with eccentricity `1/60` with the Sun at one of its foci, the major axis being approximately `186 xx 10^(6)` miles in length. Find the shortest and longest distance of the Earth from the Sun.

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`3145xx10^(4)` miles
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