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Past exam of the physics course of the year 4 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2013 Paper 1 Section B B1 b Solution by
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For , . The potential approaches the isotropic harmonic-oscillator form , and the perturbed path is approximately a small-eccentricity ellipse centered on the fixed point. The radius has two maxima and two minima per revolution. For finite nonzero , the ellipse is an approximation and slow precession can remain.
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