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What are the paths called that planets orbit on around the sun?
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They are orbits and they are elliptical in shape.
So the answer could be "orbits" or it could be "ellipses".
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Which astronomer discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses?
Kepler discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses.
Paths in which objects travel around the sun?
That is called an orbit.
Who proposed that planets orbit the sun in elliptical paths moving fastest when closest to the Sun?
Johannes Kepler.
What is the path that planets follow around the Sun called?
The path is called the orbit. There are 8 planets (excluding Pluto and the other dwarf planets) with separate paths at various unique distances from the Sun.The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (in order of increasing distance from the Sun).The path that a planet takes while traveling around the sun is called its orbit. Mercury has the fastest orbit, at 88 days. Neptune has the longest orbit, at 165 years.
What are the paths that planets follow around the Sun?
The same direction that the Earth rotates around its axis. If you look downward at the solar system from the direction of the north star, the Earth's rotation AND its revolution around the sun would both be counter-clockwise. All the other planets revolve on their axis in the same direction, except for Venus and Uranus.
Which astronomer discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses?
Kepler discovered that the planets orbit the sun in oval shaped paths called ellipses.
What is the Paths around the Nucleus called?
Electrons are said to occupy orbitals, around the atomic nucleus. They do not actually orbit in the manner that planets orbit the sun; they spread themselves out, as an electron cloud, and surround the nucleus rather than moving in an orbit.
What is the name for the paths the planets follow?
? ? ? An orbit.
Paths in which objects travel around the sun?
That is called an orbit.
What is the path planets takes around the sun called?
The path is called the orbit. There are 8 planets (excluding Pluto and the other dwarf planets) with separate paths at various unique distances from the Sun.The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (in order of increasing distance from the Sun).The path that a planet takes while traveling around the sun is called its orbit. Mercury has the fastest orbit, at 88 days. Neptune has the longest orbit, at 165 years.
Why do planets stay on their paths as they orbit the sun?
Because of the laws of gravity.
Why do all the planets in our solar system orbit the sun?
The Sun has such a gigantic mass that it dominates the nearby volume of space.Not all bodies do orbit the Sun; there are comets that get pulled in by the Sun's gravity but then leave the solar system (comest on hyperbolic paths).Many smaller bodies also orbit their parent planets (we then call them moons).What else could the planets orbit around? Part of the definition of a planet is that it orbits the Sun! So planets by definition orbit the Sun! If they did not orbit the Sun they would not be called planets!
Why all the planets in our solar system orbit the sun?
The Sun has such a gigantic mass that it dominates the nearby volume of space.Not all bodies do orbit the Sun; there are comets that get pulled in by the Sun's gravity but then leave the solar system (comest on hyperbolic paths).Many smaller bodies also orbit their parent planets (we then call them moons).What else could the planets orbit around? Part of the definition of a planet is that it orbits the Sun! So planets by definition orbit the Sun! If they did not orbit the Sun they would not be called planets!
What are some charaeristics of all planets?
All planets have an elliptical orbit and the planets do not cross paths. They are all at least 15,000 miles around. They all have atmospheres. They all have their own gravity. They all have cores.
What are the planets orbits?
The planets orbits are the routes or paths that the planets follow around our sun. One orbit is one trip around the sun (one year).
Planets revolve around the sun around what paths?
eliptical
Who proposed that planets orbit the sun in elliptical paths moving fastest when closest to the Sun?
Johannes Kepler.
