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The name of the path a planet occupies in its movement around the Sun is called an orbit. The shape of the path is an ellipse, with the Sun at the focus. Due to the inverse-square rule of gravity, the speed of movement is greater in orbits closer to the sun, slower for more distant orbits.

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