Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-physics-1-paper-of-the-university-of-oxford/2013/11/c/solution

Retain the source's idealized solar radial trajectory. Use , and . At ,
The speed has decreased because the probe gains gravitational potential energy while moving away from the Sun. This is the supplied simplified model, rather than a reconstruction of Voyager 1's actual three-dimensional trajectory or planetary encounters.

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