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Generally speaking, yes. It should be noted however that the outer planets have a more elliptic orbit (egg shaped).

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No, they move in an elliptical orbit.

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Who was The scientist who asserted that the planets move around the sun in a circular orbit?

Isaac Newton


Who astronomer disproved the idea that planets move in a circular orbit?

kepler


Which planets move in an elliptical pattern?

They all do. Some planets are closer to a circular orbit than others (have a lower eccentricity), but none are exactly circular.


What do the planets and the sun orbit?

the sun does not move, the planets orbit around the sun idiot.


What do the planets move around?

they orbit the sun


Do inner planets move?

Yes. All planets move in orbit around their host star.


Does planets move in circular path instead of straight lines?

Planets rotate around the sun. The path is not really circular for planets, it is actually ellipsoidal.


Why do all the planets orbit?

Planets orbit around the Sun because of the Sun's gravitational force, it makes the planets move by its gravitational force.


Why planets move along a circular path around sun?

They don't. They move in ellipses around the Sun.


A planet or moon does when they move in a circular pathway around something else?

An orbit.


Do the other planets also move around the sun?

no they orbit Uranus.


How many ways do planets move?

they can orbit or rotate around in space