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What are ellipses?
Ellipses are a scientific word for the shape of an oval. for example the planets orbits are ellipses.
Who used ellipses for the planets?
Twilight
What do the 8 planets orbit in?
The 8 planets orbit around the Sun, in ellipses.
What date did Johannes Kepler discover ellipses?
Kepler did not discover ellipses. In 1605 he discovered that the orbits of the planets were ellipses rather than perfect circles.
What shape orbit did Kepler use for planets?
Ellipses
Shape of planets' orbits discovered by Kepler?
ellipses.
Who believed that planets moved in ellipses?
The first person to do this was Kepler.
What eight letter word do planets orbit the sun in?
ellipses
Which astronomer discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses?
Kepler discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses.
Do planets move in elliptical orbits?
The planets move intheir ellipticalorbits becauseof the gravitation of the Sun combined withthe inertial velocity of the planets(tangentialto their orbital paths). Mathematics shows the resulting orbits must be ellipses. (Some of the ellipses are in factalmost circles.)
How does meteors move?
They move around the Sun in ellipses - just like the planets.
Do planets orbit the sun in a circular direction?
No. Planets orbit the Sun (or some other star) in ellipses.
