Find the maximum time a comet following a parabolic trajectory around the Sun can spend within the orbit of the Earth. Assume that the Earth’s orbit is circular and in the same plane as that of the comet.
The answer is of the form , where is the time period of Earth's revolution, and and are coprime positive integers . Find .
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As I am not yet comfortable with Latex, I have posted pictures of my written solution.