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It is called an ellipse.
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Who discovered the shape or the planetary orbit?
Johannes Kepler
What is the shape of a planetary path?
Planets orbit in an ellipse.
The shape of the planetary orbit around the sun is?
Elliptical with the Sun at one focus.
What is the planetary orbit around the sun?
The planetary orbit around the sun is the path which planets follow.This path is elliptical in shape and the Sun lies at one of the focal points of the ellipse.
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.
What is the shape of the orbitof planets?
The ellipse is, with the sun at one focus of each planetary orbit.
What geometric shape do the orbits of planets resemble?
Planetary orbits are eliptical. Each orbit forms an elipse.
Does mars orbit the sun in a circle shape?
No. A circle is an unstable shape for an object orbiting another. An orbit is between slightly and very elliptical (egg-shaped). If an object is placed in a circular orbit, the orbit will quickly deteriorate to an elliptical orbit. Added: Mar's elliptical eccentricity is rather above average for a planetary orbit. Not quite as large as Mercury, but large enough.
According to the three laws of planetary motion planetary orbits are in the shape of an?
They are in the shape of an ellipse.
What is the definition of planetary year?
A planetary year is one orbit of a planet around the sun.
How does gravity determine the shape of an orbit?
Under the Sun's gravity a planet follows an elliptical orbit that conforms to Kepler's laws of planetary motion. This was discovered at the end of the 1600s by Isaac Newton.
What is the special name given to the path which planets travel?
The name is orbit, planetary orbit
