What If Earth Had a Large Elliptical Orbit?

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What if Earth's orbit ventured as far from the Sun as Pluto, and got as close to it as Venus?
Would the Sun burn the planet to a crisp at the closest encounter? How cold would it get at the farthest point away from our star? Would humans be able to survive such extreme changes in temperature? And if we could, what are the chances that Earth would follow this orbit safely through space without crashing into another planet?

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