It is called an elliptical orbit.
elliptical
venus because the orbit is like a kind of oval and the other planets orbit looks straight
Most things orbit in an elliptical pattern. There is a technical definition of an ellipse but between you and me it is an oval.
Mars, and all the other planets, have oval-shaped, or eliptical, orbits.
eccentricity
Oval
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an oval
yes, it is
Yes, comets orbit the sun, but usually in an eliptical (oval) or eccentric orbit rather than a more-or-less circular one like the planets.
oval
oval range