The Sun does not orbit the planets. The planets orbit the Sun. The Sun is stationary with relation to the planets' motion. The Sun does, however, orbit the Milky Way galaxy, as do the planets and everything else in the galaxy.
Although the natural shape of planets is very similar to a rubber duck, their shape changes to something much more spherical as they revolve around the sun. If you need help imagining this, picture a beach ball, or something else that is pretty much round. That's kinda the shape.
The shape of the planet's orbit is an ellipse. This shape has 2 places called a "focus". The Sun is at one focus of the ellipse.
The path of the Earth's orbit is an ellipse. The Sun is positioned at one of the two foci of the ellipse.
in the center
in the middle :P
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Planets have elliptical orbits around the sun.
Mercury.
Yes.
The path of the Earth's orbit is an ellipse. The Sun is positioned at one of the two foci of the ellipse.
elliptical.
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A planet's orbit around the sun is in the shape of an oval.
The Earth and the asteroid could be at a different points in the path.
Ellipse
All orbits are ellipses. Earth's orbit is elliptical, with a fairly low degree of eccentricity. This means that while it isn't a perfect circle, it isn't very far off.
The Orbital Path of Jupiter is Elliptical
The Orbital Path of Mars is circle.
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