The planet Mars has a mass of 6.40x10^23 kg, and travels in a nearly circular orbit around the Sun, as shown in the firgure below. When it is at location A, the velocity of Mars is < 0, 0, -4.30x10^4 > m/s. When it reaches location B, the planets velocity is < -3.10x10^4, 0, 0 > m/s. We're looking down on the orbit from above the north poles of the Sun and Mars, with +x to the right and +z down the page.
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