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The earth's orbit is almost a circle, but not quite. It is elliptical, but the difference between the closest and farthest points is less than 4%. This is such a small difference that it would look like a circle to most people. Astronomy books often show misleadingly exagerated elliptical orbits.
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∙ 11y agoVenus has the least orbital eccentricity of all the planets in the Solar System, and therefore has the most circular orbit of all the planets.
(Orbital eccentricity is a measure of how an orbit deviates from circular. As per Windows To The Universe, the list of least eccentric planetary orbits to most, of the planets in our Solar System, is as follows:
- Venus: 0.0068
- Neptune: 0.0097
- Earth: 0.0167
- Uranus: 0.0461
- Jupiter: 0.0483
- Saturn: 0.0560
- Mars: 0.0934
- Mercury: 0.2056
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∙ 15y agoIt is very close. A circle has an eccentricity of 0 and the Earth's orbit has an eccentricity of 0.01671022
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∙ 9y agoEarth's orbit around the Sun is elliptical.
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∙ 9y agoJust a little bit bigger.
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∙ 12y agoNo!
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Kepler discovered that the orbit of each planet is an what rather than a perfect circle?
Kepler discovered that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse rather than a perfect circle. The planet with an orbit that is closest to a circle is Venus.
Which planet has most elliptical orbit?
Mars has the most elliptical orbit. The earth's is almost a perfect circle
What point in a planet's orbit is closest to the sun?
The perihelion is the closest point to the Sun in the orbit of a planet.It is different for each planet based on the elliptical variation, but will always occur at the same point in each orbit.
Is Pluto the closest planet to the sun?
The orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto is quite eccentric, meaning it's more of an oval than a circle. It actually comes "inside" the orbit of Neptune for a part of its orbit. Aphelion, its farthest distance is about 7,375,927,931 km or 4,583,189,130 miles away while Perihelion its closest distance is about 4,436,824,613 km or 2,756,915,000 miles away.
What is the Orbit of each planet?
I can tell you that it is not a circle.
Kepler discovered that the orbit of each planet is an what rather than a perfect circle?
Kepler discovered that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse rather than a perfect circle. The planet with an orbit that is closest to a circle is Venus.
Is Mars' orbit a perfect circle?
No planet's orbit is a perfect circle. They are all ellipses.
Which planet has most elliptical orbit?
Mars has the most elliptical orbit. The earth's is almost a perfect circle
What planet is the closet orbit?
Venus is the planet with the closest orbit to that of Earth.
What is the orbit of a planet?
An ellipse. (Kepler's first law of planetary motion) Since the plants do not orbit in a perfect circle. They orbit in a oval shape.
When you say that a planet has a highly eccentric orbit you mean that?
It deviates from a perfect circle by a considerable amount.
The planet with the orbit closest to Earths orbit is?
Venus
What is the point at which a planet is at its smallest distance from the sun in its orbit?
All the planets orbit in a perfect circle, so they always stay the same distance from the sun, except Pluto, which is why it is now a "Dwarf Planet".
What are the planets has the most elliptical and tilted orbit?
None of the planets orbit the sun perfectly in a circle, there is a degree of deviation from this perfect circle called eccentricity. The higher the eccentricity (more more the eccentric the orbit is) the further away from this perfect circle the orbit is. The planet that deviates most from a perfect circle, having the highest eccentricity, is Neptune. Neptune also has the highest axial tilt, tilted over onto its side as it orbits the sun.
What is the planet closest to the sun in its orbit?
Mercury.
What point in a planet's orbit is closest to the sun?
The perihelion is the closest point to the Sun in the orbit of a planet.It is different for each planet based on the elliptical variation, but will always occur at the same point in each orbit.
What is The point at which the planet is closest to the sun to its orbit is called?
The closest point to the Sun in a planet's orbit is called perihelion. The furthest point is called aphelion. Phil
