Motion of the moon or satellites around earth

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Kepler's laws do not just apply to planets orbiting the Sun, but to any objects that orbit a central body. For example, Kepler's laws also describe the motion of the Moon or satellites around the Earth.

a) The Moon has a semi-major axis of about 384,400 km and an eccentricity of 0.0549. How far from the Earth is it at perigee and apogee (the Earth-centered equivalent of perihelion and aphelion)?

b) A "Full Supermoon" occurs when a Full Moon occurs with the Moon near its closest point to the Earth in its orbit. This makes the moon appear larger in the sky. Thinking back to what you did in Problem 1 above, how much bigger, in terms of angular size, would the Moon appear to be during this state compared to when it is furthest from the Earth?

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