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The fact that each planets orbit is an ellipse was discovered by?
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Johannes Kepler determined that all planets have elliptical orbits.
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Kepler discovered that the orbit of each planet is an what rather than a perfect circle?
Kepler discovered that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse rather than a perfect circle. The planet with an orbit that is closest to a circle is Venus.
What kind of orbits do the planets do around the sun?
An ellipse, like any planet. In the case of Earth (and the other planets in the Solar System), the ellipse is quite close to a circle (in math/astronomy terms, the ellipse has a low eccentricity).
Are circles orbits of the planets?
NO!!! The planets do NOT orbit in circles. They orbit the Sun in an ellipsoidal manner. An ellipse has two foci. The Sun lies at one of the foci, the other might be deemed to be a 'blind' focus. The Sun does NOT lie at the centre of the ellipse. Also the satellites(moons) orbit their parent planets in a similar manner. It has also been discovered that the planets in an an ellipsoidal manner. That is as each orbit is completed the planet 'over-shoot' their starting point, and the ellipse does not close . See Johannes Kepler, who gave us the Law of orbiting planets sweeping equal arcs in equal times , in 1602 AD.
The shape of the orbit of each planet is a?
Ellipse..
What type of orbit do the planets have to revolve around the sun?
According to Keplers first law of 1618 which has not been repealed yet, the planets each move in an elliptical orbit with the Sun occupying one focus. The shape of an ellipse is described by the eccentricity. For low eccentricity such as the planets' orbits have, the orbit is very close to being a circle but the most significant difference is that the Sun is off-centre.
Kepler discovered that the orbit of each planet is a?
Ellipse.
The fact that each planet's orbit is an ellipse was discovered by what man?
kepler
What is the shape of the orbitof planets?
The ellipse is, with the sun at one focus of each planetary orbit.
Kepler discovered that the orbit of each planet is an what rather than a perfect circle?
Kepler discovered that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse rather than a perfect circle. The planet with an orbit that is closest to a circle is Venus.
What kind of orbits do the planets do around the sun?
An ellipse, like any planet. In the case of Earth (and the other planets in the Solar System), the ellipse is quite close to a circle (in math/astronomy terms, the ellipse has a low eccentricity).
Are circles orbits of the planets?
NO!!! The planets do NOT orbit in circles. They orbit the Sun in an ellipsoidal manner. An ellipse has two foci. The Sun lies at one of the foci, the other might be deemed to be a 'blind' focus. The Sun does NOT lie at the centre of the ellipse. Also the satellites(moons) orbit their parent planets in a similar manner. It has also been discovered that the planets in an an ellipsoidal manner. That is as each orbit is completed the planet 'over-shoot' their starting point, and the ellipse does not close . See Johannes Kepler, who gave us the Law of orbiting planets sweeping equal arcs in equal times , in 1602 AD.
The shape of the orbit of each planet is a?
Ellipse..
What scientist found the orbit of each planet to be ellipse?
Kepler
The Sun is located slightly off-center from the middle of each planet's orbit?
The sun is located at one of the focii of the ellipse that describes the orbit of a planet. The focus of an ellipse is not in the geometric center but on the major axis of the ellipse.
What shape is each planet's orbit around the sun called?
This orbit is called an ellipse. An oval shape.
What type of orbit do the planets have to revolve around the sun?
According to Keplers first law of 1618 which has not been repealed yet, the planets each move in an elliptical orbit with the Sun occupying one focus. The shape of an ellipse is described by the eccentricity. For low eccentricity such as the planets' orbits have, the orbit is very close to being a circle but the most significant difference is that the Sun is off-centre.
What is the actual shape of the Earths orbit around the Sun?
The actual shape of the earth's orbit around the sun is horrendously complicated. Partly because the earth does not orbit the sun and also because the orbit is influenced by the the gravitational attraction of the other planets. The earth does not orbit the sun: the centre of mass of the earth-sun system is at one of the foci of an ellipse whose eccentricity is 0.0167. The eccentricity varies from 0.0034 to 0.058.
