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No - The eccentricity only tells us the degree to which the ellipse is flattened with respect to a perfect circle.
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What two measurable properties directly tell us the size and shape of a planet's orbit?
The semi-major axis (size) and the eccentricity (shape).
What does the shape of an ellipse describe to us?
The path of an object in orbit around another object. It's a "conical section", shaped like a circle, but "flattened" in one direction (a circle can be considered a special case of an ellipse). An ellipse has two focal points.
Earth's orbit us shaped like a flattened circle. What is the name of that shape?
It is called an ellipse.
Is the sun the center of earths ellipse or is the sun off center of earths ellipse?
The Sun does NOT lie at the centre of an ellipse. The Sun is at one of the two foci of an ellipse. Have you ever drawn an ellipse with two pins a piece of string and pencil on a board. Insert the two pins into the board/paper. Loosely loop the string over the pins, and tighten with the edge of a pencil. Keeping the string taught with the pencil you can draw an ellipse. The positions of the two pins are the foci of the ellipse. Astronomically, the Sun lies at one of these pins. This was discovered by the Astronomer , Johannes Kepler, who gave us the law, that the Earth sweeps equal arcs in equal times about the Sun . The other focus may be thought of as a 'blind' focus. Have a look in Wikipedia under 'Johannes Kepler'. NB The plural of the noun 'focus' is 'foci'. 'Focuses' is when the word 'focus' is being used as a verb.
What is the size of Switzerland compared to us?
Switzerland is about half the size of Pennsylvania
What two measurable properties directly tell us the size and shape of a planet's orbit?
The semi-major axis (size) and the eccentricity (shape).
What us city lights the Christmas tree on the ellipse?
Christma,FL
What is the area between the us nantional mall and the white house called?
The Ellipse
What does the shape of an ellipse describe to us?
The path of an object in orbit around another object. It's a "conical section", shaped like a circle, but "flattened" in one direction (a circle can be considered a special case of an ellipse). An ellipse has two focal points.
Earth's orbit us shaped like a flattened circle. What is the name of that shape?
It is called an ellipse.
Does the sun and the moon seem to be the same exact size during an solar ellipse?
the sun is a very big thing and is far away the moon is small compared to the sun and is near to us when the big sun goes far away it seems to be as big as the moon near to us
Why do moon ans sun appear to be the same size in the sky at times?
Because the distance that we are in here at earth only gives us the size that is only noticeable by the naked eye.
What starch gives us?
It gives us energy
What does UK shoe size mean?
It's your shoe size in the United Kingdom.Because the United States uses the older, outdated imperial system, while the United Kingdom uses the modern, updated metric system, the measurements are different.UK and US shoe size comparisons:UK Size 2 = US Size 4.5UK Size 2.5 = US Size 5UK Size 3 = US Size 5.5UK Size 3.5 = US Size 6UK Size 4 = US Size 6.5UK Size 4.5 = US Size 7UK Size 5 = US Size 7.5UK Size 5.5 = US Size 8UK Size 6 = US Size 8.5UK Size 6.5 = US Size 9UK Size 7 = US Size 9.5UK Size 7.5 = US Size 10UK Size 8 = US Size 10.5
What size is 8 in US size?
well im from the US and I'm a size 0 here and would be a size 4 in the UK. that means that: US Size 2 = UK Size 6 US Size 4 = UK Size 8 US Size 6 = UK Size 10 US Size 8 = UK Size 12 US Size 10 = UK Size 14 US Size 12 = UK Size 16 - so a UK size 8 would make you a us size 4! ~beelover
What gives us rational thought?
What gives us goals.
What does us size 8 us equal in UK size?
The UK size 8 is the equivalent of a US size 4
