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

ORBIT


What path do asteroids take?

== == An ellipse. Like planets.


What do you call into the imaginary path of the planets?

The imaginary path of the planets in the solar system is called the ecliptic. This is the apparent path that the Sun appears to take across the sky as seen from Earth. The planets in our solar system all roughly follow this same path as they orbit the Sun.


The path the planet takes around the sun?

The path the planets take around the sun, is called a orbit.


Name the path on which planets travel?

The path on which planets travel is called their orbit.


What keeps the planets on their path?

The gravity of there star keeps them on path and a planets moon is sun around by its planets gravitational force


Why do some planets take a long time to orbit around the sun?

Some planets take longer to orbit the sun because they are farther away giving them a longer path to travel.


What do you call the path to the planets takes what keeps the planets on this path?

The path a planet takes is called an orbit.The planets are kept in orbit by the gravitational pull of the star (in our case the Sun) they orbit.


Does planets move in circular path instead of straight lines?

Planets rotate around the sun. The path is not really circular for planets, it is actually ellipsoidal.


What is the path planets travel?

Planets travel in elliptical orbits.


What To move in a path around a object is to?

"orbit"


Which type of path do planets follow around the sun?

Planets follow an elliptical path around the Sun, with the Sun located at one of the two foci of the ellipse. This path is governed by the gravitational force between the planet and the Sun, according to Kepler's laws of planetary motion.