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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.
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Earth's orbit us shaped like a flattened circle. What is the name of that shape?
It is called an ellipse.
What does elliptical mean?
Elliptical is used to describe an orbit or round shape that isn't perfectly circular - it's an ellipse, or oval.
What shape of a planet orbits discovered by Kepler?
The shape is an "ellipse".
What is The orbit of a planet around the sun is a(n)?
If you mean the shape of the orbit, that's an ellipse.
What is the shape of the earth orbit around the sun?
An ellipse.
Describe the shape of the ellipse?
It's more of a stretched out circle.
What shape has two foci's?
An ellipse, a hyperbola.
How does ellipse differ from a circle?
ellipse is the shape of an egg
Shape of the colosseum?
The Colosseum is in the shape of an ellipse.
What is the mathematical shape of an egg?
I think it's an ellipse. Ellipse is most likely the closest shape of an egg.
Earth's orbit us shaped like a flattened circle. What is the name of that shape?
It is called an ellipse.
What is an elongates circle or oval shape called?
Any ellipse is an oval shape. But all ovals are not all ellipses, some are nothing in particular.
Is an ellipse a regular shape?
No.
What two points define the shape of the ellipse?
The two foci are necessary to define the location of an ellipse, but the shape depends on the eccentricity, which is related to the lengths of the two axes.
What does elliptical mean?
Elliptical is used to describe an orbit or round shape that isn't perfectly circular - it's an ellipse, or oval.
What is the shape of the 8kms curve?
an ellipse
Which shape has no corners?
A circle - or an ellipse !
