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The Ecliptic. To be accurate, the Ecliptic is the plane in which Earth moves around the Sun; the major planets go around the Sun in planes that are close to the Ecliptic.

The Ecliptic. To be accurate, the Ecliptic is the plane in which Earth moves around the Sun; the major planets go around the Sun in planes that are close to the Ecliptic.

The Ecliptic. To be accurate, the Ecliptic is the plane in which Earth moves around the Sun; the major planets go around the Sun in planes that are close to the Ecliptic.

The Ecliptic. To be accurate, the Ecliptic is the plane in which Earth moves around the Sun; the major planets go around the Sun in planes that are close to the Ecliptic.

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What name do you give to the geometric plane where the 8 planets orbit the Sun?

The planets don't all orbit the Sun in EXACTLY the same plane - there are small variations. The plane where Earth orbits is called the Ecliptic; other planets orbit fairly close to that same plane.


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Why do the planets orbit in plane around the sun?

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It is called the "ecliptic plane"


What is the name of an orbit that your planets travel in?

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Does Pluto have have tilted orbit compared to the other planets?

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What is the special name given to the path which planets travel?

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Are all planets in the same orbital plane that is are they all on one imaginary flat sheet?

All eight planets in our solar system vary only slightly from the average plane of the solar system (called the "invariant plane"). Pluto (a "dwarf planet") is skewed from this plane by about 15°, and its orbit is sufficiently eccentric that part of the time it is inside the orbit of Neptune. Makemake and Eris (dwarf planets) are also tilted out of the plane. The most tilted orbit of the proper planets is Mercury, at about 6 degrees. Often the tilts of the planets' orbits are given relative to the plane of the Earth's orbit (the plane of the ecliptic). In fact that's not too misleading because the difference between the plane of the ecliptic and the invariant plane is only about 1.5 degrees. Here are the orbit inclinations (in degrees, relative to the plane of the ecliptic) for all the planets: Mercury: 7.00 Venus: 3.39 Earth: Zero, of course Mars: 1.85 Jupiter: 1.30 Saturn: 2.48 Uranus: 0.77 Neptune: 1.77 See links for a diagram.


What is the name when planets travel around the sun?

Planets orbit the sun.


What is the name of the path that the planets take?

ORBIT


What is the name for the paths the planets follow?

? ? ? An orbit.