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The planets orbit in an ellipse. An ellipse is described as a geometric shape where the sum of the distance from the foci at any point is the same. An ellipse has three main points. Two foci and a center like a circle. While a true circle has all its external points equidistant from its center, an ellipse measures its points from the foci, which are equidistant to the center point at on both sides.
The planets ellipse is closer to a circle than an all out ellipse, however, the orbit is still a true ellipse.
It is also true that the shape of a planet's orbit (an ellipse) is a conic section, i.e. the intersection of a right circular cone where the intersecting plane is not perpendicular to the cone's axis, but less than being parallel to one of the cone's nappes.
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What is the shape of the orbit that the planets take called?
Elliptical Orbit
Term used for the shape of the planets orbit?
Ellipse.
What is the shape of the orbit of planets around the sun?
An ellipse.
What is the shape of a planetary path?
Planets orbit in an ellipse.
What shape orbit did Kepler use for planets?
Ellipses
What is the shape of neptue's orbit?
As with all the planets, the orbit of Neptune is a nearly circular ellipse.
What geometry shape is the most like a planets orbit?
An ellipse.
What is the shape that planets follow?
Planets follow an eclipse shape when orbiting around the sun. Pluto had an irregular orbit and is no refereed to as a moon.
What shape do planets trace as they orbit around the sun?
Planets orbit the sun in the shape of an ellipse, which is an elongated circle similar to an oval. When it was first discovered that the Sun is the center of the solar system, it was thought that all the planets had a circular orbit, but the calculations didn't fit.
Which shape is most like the shape of planets orbit?
in a oval shape not really a circle ANSWER:OVAL
What is the shape of Neptune's path?
all of the planets have the same elliptical shaped orbit.
An oval like shape that is used to describe the orbit of planets?
An elliptical orbit is a flattened circle or oval-like shape followed by a planet as it travels around the sun. It is a common shape observed in celestial bodies' paths due to the gravitational pull between them.
