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Q: What is credited with describing the orbits of the planets as elliptical?
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Who introduced elliptical orbits?

It was Kepler who discovered that the planets orbits are elliptical.


What evidence do you have that the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun and not in circular orbits?

Elliptical orbits of the planets around the sun actually match what we observe. Newton's Theory of Universal Gravitation states that planets will move around the sun in elliptical orbits.


What is the shape of the planets orbits discovered by keplar?

elliptical


What has elliptical orbits?

As an elliptical orbit is any orbit that isn't perfectly circular, everything has an elliptical orbit. The planets Mercury and Pluto have the most elliptical orbits of the planets, and are easily seen to be oval shaped. Comets also have highly elliptical orbits.


Is the orbit of each planet a ellipse?

All the planets have elliptical orbits but Uranus and Neptune have slightly different orbits than other planets on solar system.


What is the path planets travel?

Planets travel in elliptical orbits.


What planet moved in an elliptical orbit?

All planets have elliptical orbits.


Who discovered the planets that have an elliptical orbits?

Johannes Kepler.


Planets move around the sun in orbits?

elliptical


Do all planets have to be circle?

No, because all planets known have elliptical orbits.


What shape are the planets orbits?

Planetary orbits are usually taught to be circular. However, they are truly more elliptical (oval shaped).


Who thought that the earth was the centre of the universe and that the planets had circular orbits?

Ptolemy, but he was wrong the sun is in the center and planets have elliptical orbits.