As the planets are moving from its place in the space, moons can not revolve around it in a closed circular or elliptical shape, because the center of rotation is moving and never come back to its original place, the same applies for the stars which are a moving, like suns, where the planets revolve around, the physical shape of the orbits in-between moons, planets, stars, galaxies...etc, should be accumulated or overlapping wavy orbits, for more details, the article (all are swimming in an orbit) written by the Author (inventor) Eng. Wasfi Amin Alshdaifat may give a more clear answer.
according to the quantum mechanical model, electrons exist in? a. elliptical orbits b. wavy orbits c. orbitals d. cirular orbits
The planets revolve in elliptical orbits. The inner planets have orbits 230 million km or less from the Sun. The outer planets have orbits 775 million km or greater.
The planets orbits are the routes or paths that the planets follow around our sun. One orbit is one trip around the sun (one year).
The two planets with overlapping orbits are Neptune and Pluto. These are the only two planets that have overlapping orbits.
Different planets have different orbit lengths because of their distance from the sun. Planets closer to the sun have shorter orbits, and planets farther away have longer orbits.
Gravity from the Sun holds the planets in their orbits.
All the planets have orbits so four cannot be picked out.
their orbits
The forces of gravity between two masses are the cause of all orbits.
All the planets have elliptical orbits but Uranus and Neptune have slightly different orbits than other planets on solar system.
Elliptical orbits of the planets around the sun actually match what we observe. Newton's Theory of Universal Gravitation states that planets will move around the sun in elliptical orbits.
The sun's gravity holds the planets in their orbits. It also holds other space objects in their orbits, such as asteroids.