India s Mangalyan was sent to the Mars by launching it into

Last updated: 6/14/2023

India s Mangalyan was sent to the Mars by launching it into a transfer orbit EOM around the sun It leaves the earth at E and meets Mars at M If the semi major axis of Earth s orbit is ae 1 5x1011 m that of Mar s orbit am 2 28x 10 m taken Kepler s laws give the estimate of time for Mangalyan to reach Mars from Earth to be close to 1 500 days 2 320 days 4 220 days 3 260 days M am Mars orbit ae Sun E Earth orbit Mars orbit 3