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About 0.055 (plus/minus 40%) right now but that varies over a period of about 9 years.
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Which planet has an orbital eccentricity most like the orbital eccentricity of the moon?
Saturn.
How the orbits of the moon and the earth are different?
The orbit of the Moon is distinctly elliptical with an average eccentricity of 0.0549. The orbit of the Earth is distinctly elliptical with an average eccentricity of 0.01671123.
What 2 planets have the most cicular orbits?
Venus has an eccentricity of 0.00677323 Neptune has an eccentricity of 0.00858587 Triton, a moon of Neptune, orbit is as close to a perfect circle with an eccentricity of 0.000016 The Earth for comparison has an eccentricity of 0.01671022
The planet has an orbital eccentricity most like the moon?
Saturn
What is the eccentricity of the Earth?
The eccentricity of the Earth is approximately 0.0167.
Which planet has an orbital eccentricity most like the orbital eccentricity of the moon?
Saturn.
How the orbits of the moon and the earth are different?
The orbit of the Moon is distinctly elliptical with an average eccentricity of 0.0549. The orbit of the Earth is distinctly elliptical with an average eccentricity of 0.01671123.
How are the orbits of the earth and the moon different?
The orbit of the Moon is distinctly elliptical with an average eccentricity of 0.0549. The orbit of the Earth is distinctly elliptical with an average eccentricity of 0.01671123.
What 2 planets have the most cicular orbits?
Venus has an eccentricity of 0.00677323 Neptune has an eccentricity of 0.00858587 Triton, a moon of Neptune, orbit is as close to a perfect circle with an eccentricity of 0.000016 The Earth for comparison has an eccentricity of 0.01671022
The planet has an orbital eccentricity most like the moon?
Saturn
Does the moon revolve around earth in a circular orbit?
No, the moon's orbit is elliptical with an eccentricity of about 0.55
Is the moon's orbit around the sun absolutely straight?
Yes, the moon's orbit is elliptical. It has some eccentricity to it (e = 0.0549). The measure of eccentricity is done to give astronomers an idea of how "out of round" a body's orbit about a center is, and it can vary between e = 0 for a perfect circle (no eccentricity), on out to e = 1 for the longest, skinniest ellipse you can immagine (infinite eccentricity).Further to that correct answer, when the eccentricity is small, as it is for the planets (except Mercury), the orbit is very nearly circular, and the eccentricity measures how far off-centre the Sun is.For example the Earth's orbit has an eccentricity of 1/60 and a radius of 150 million kilometres. The Sun is offset from the centre by 150/60 million km, or 2.5 million km.The maximum diameter of the elliptical orbit is 300 million km, while the minimum diameter is 299.96 million km, so there is virtually no 'squashing' of its circular shape.
What is the eccentricity of the Earth?
The eccentricity of the Earth is approximately 0.0167.
Do planets orbit around the sun in a perfect circle?
All planets orbit the Sun in an elliptical orbit. An elliptical orbit is defined as having an eccentricity of between 0 and 1. (0 is a circular orbit). Anything over 1 is defined as a hyperbolic orbit.Mercury has the highest eccentricity of .205630 whereas the Earth has a near circular orbit with an eccentricity of 0.0167.Triton, a moon of Neptune has lowest eccentricity with a value as close to 0 as can be measured.
What is a the eccentricity of a circle?
Eccentricity is only present in ovals and ellipses. A circle is present. The eccentricity of an oval or ellipse is how linear it is.
What is Earth's orbit eccentricity?
0.016710220 is the Earth's orbital eccentricity
What was the eccentricity of Halley's comet?
The eccentricity of Hallry's comet is 0.967
