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The egg-shaped orbit that a planet follows is called an ellipse, and planets are thus said to have elliptical orbits.
If you mean the shape of the orbit, it's an ellipse.
The Earth follows a (slightly) elliptical orbit around the Sun.
The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical. An ellipse is a flattened circle, much like an oval. The Moon takes just under a month to revolve around the Earth. Looking down on the Earth above the North Pole, the Moon revolves counterclockwise around the Earth, which is the same direction that the Earth rotates on its axis.An ellipse. Very close to a circle though.Unlike many other moons, the Earth's moon follows an elliptical orbit.
Ellipse.
The egg-shaped orbit that a planet follows is called an ellipse, and planets are thus said to have elliptical orbits.
It has no other name but it says a planet follows an elliptical orbit with the Sun at one focus of the ellipse, and nothing at the other focus.
If you mean the shape of the orbit, it's an ellipse.
An orbit is the elliptical path that a planet follows as it "falls" around its sun.
An ellipse.
The Earth follows a (slightly) elliptical orbit around the Sun.
Mars follows an elliptical orbit, so the distance between it and the sun varies. However, the average distance between the two objects is 207 million km, or 1.38 astronomical units, or 128,279,014.03 miles.
The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical. An ellipse is a flattened circle, much like an oval. The Moon takes just under a month to revolve around the Earth. Looking down on the Earth above the North Pole, the Moon revolves counterclockwise around the Earth, which is the same direction that the Earth rotates on its axis.An ellipse. Very close to a circle though.Unlike many other moons, the Earth's moon follows an elliptical orbit.
Neptune orbits the sun at around 4.5 million kilometers. Neptune follows an elliptical orbit around the sun so its orbital distance varies.
An orbit is the path a planet takes around the sun. Earth's orbit is an ellipse. It takes the Earth one year to travel along the elliptical path around the sun.
Ellipse.
You can put it in any orbit you like, as long as the orbit follows a few simple rules: -- It must be elliptical. (A circle is an ellipse too.) -- One focus of the ellipse, or the center of a circular orbit, must be the center of the earth. -- No part of the orbit can dip into the atmosphere; if it does, then your artificial satellite and its orbit won't last long.