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What is the four-letter word meaning the major axis of an elliptical orbit?
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The major axis of an elliptical orbit is also known as an apse line.
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Which two planets has the most elliptical orbit?
The planet with the most elliptical orbit is Mercury. Second is Mars.
What planets orbit interacts with plutos orbit?
Pluto's orbit is more elliptical than the major planets' orbits, and every time it goes round it spends some years inside Neptune's orbit.
What planet moved in an elliptical orbit?
All planets have elliptical orbits.
What is the shape of a plants orbit?
elliptical
Is mars orbit elliptical or circular?
A circle is an ellipse, so it's elliptical either way.However, the orbit of Mars is not a perfect circle.
Is a asteroid's orbit elliptical?
Yes. They orbit the Sun and as per Kepler's first law they follow an elliptical path. Do note that a circular orbit is a special type of elliptical orbit.
What type of ellipse does Pluto's orbit have?
The elliptical orbit of Pluto has a semi-major axis of about 39,5 AU (astronomic units), the eccentricity is about 0,249.
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.
Which planets move in an elliptical orbit?
All the planets move with an elliptical orbit, but with a very low eccentricity.
Which planet has most elliptical orbit?
Mars has the most elliptical orbit. The earth's is almost a perfect circle
Which two planets has the most elliptical orbit?
The planet with the most elliptical orbit is Mercury. Second is Mars.
What planets orbit interacts with plutos orbit?
Pluto's orbit is more elliptical than the major planets' orbits, and every time it goes round it spends some years inside Neptune's orbit.
What is the shape of its orbit?
elliptical
Does elliptical orbit affect it's distance from the sun?
Yes, the distance from the sun is variable for anything with an elliptical orbit.
Make a sentence with elliptical?
The Earth has an elliptical orbit around the Sun.
What planet moved in an elliptical orbit?
All planets have elliptical orbits.
What is the shape of the orbit that the planets take called?
Elliptical Orbit
