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Pluto's orbit around the Sun is very different than those of other planets. How is it different?
The minor planet Pluto has an orbit which is inclined to the plane of the ecliptic. It is also a highly eccentric ellipse, causing it sometimes to pass inside the orbit of Neptune.
What planet has the most unusual and highly elliptical orbit which causes it to move inside another planet's orbit every 248 years?
You are thinking of Pluto. Pluto is now designated a minor planet.
What are the strange things about the orbit of Pluto?
The strange things are :1) Its orbit is inclined at a large angle to the plane that the major planets orbit in. There are several other small planetoids (plutoids) with similarly inclined orbits.2) There is a very large difference between its least and greatest distance from the Sun. This is referred to as a highly eccentric or highly elliptic orbit.
What is unusual about Triton?
Triton orbits Neptune in the opposite direction from all of Neptune's other moons and has a highly inclined orbit.
When you say that a planet has a highly eccentric orbit you means that?
in some parts of its orbit it is much closer to the Sun than in other parts.
The greatest difference in seasons would occur on a planet that has?
its axis of rotation inclined 45 degrees to the plane of its orbit around the sun
Gonggong?
A dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was discovered in 2007 and is the fifth-largest known trans-Neptunian object. Gonggong has a highly eccentric and inclined orbit and ranges from 34 to 101 astronomical units from the Sun. It has a diameter of about 1,230 km and is named after a Chinese water god.
What are the unique features of Mercury?
Mercury isthe innermost planet,it is the smallest planet,it has the most eccentric orbit ,its own axis is the least inclined to the plane of its orbit (around 0.01 degrees).
When you say that a planet has a highly eccentric orbit you mean that?
It deviates from a perfect circle by a considerable amount.
How many miles is Pluto from the sun rounded by the nearest million miles?
Pluto has an eccentric and highly inclined orbit that takes it from 2,757,000,000 to 4,543,000,000 miles from the Sun.
Are Uranus' rings slanted?
Any time a planet has rings they will be aligned with the planet's equator. Uranus' axis is highly tilted such that its rings are almost perpendicular to its orbit.
What planet do comets orbit?
Comets don't orbit a planet, they orbit the sun.
