What is the orbital eccentricity

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An object of negligible mass has an instantaneous position of .6 AU from the sun, an instant. velocity of 25 km/s, a direction of motion of 30 degrees radially outward from the sun, and a semimajor axis of .38 AU. What is the orbital eccentricity?

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