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No - The eccentricity only tells us the degree to which the ellipse is flattened with respect to a perfect circle.

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What two measurable properties directly tell us the size and shape of a planet's orbit?

The semi-major axis (size) and the eccentricity (shape).


Earth's orbit us shaped like a flattened circle. What is the name of that shape?

It is called an ellipse.


What does the shape of an ellipse describe to us?

The path of an object in orbit around another object. It's a "conical section", shaped like a circle, but "flattened" in one direction (a circle can be considered a special case of an ellipse). An ellipse has two focal points.


Is the sun the center of earths ellipse or is the sun off center of earths ellipse?

The Sun does NOT lie at the centre of an ellipse. The Sun is at one of the two foci of an ellipse. Have you ever drawn an ellipse with two pins a piece of string and pencil on a board. Insert the two pins into the board/paper. Loosely loop the string over the pins, and tighten with the edge of a pencil. Keeping the string taught with the pencil you can draw an ellipse. The positions of the two pins are the foci of the ellipse. Astronomically, the Sun lies at one of these pins. This was discovered by the Astronomer , Johannes Kepler, who gave us the law, that the Earth sweeps equal arcs in equal times about the Sun . The other focus may be thought of as a 'blind' focus. Have a look in Wikipedia under 'Johannes Kepler'. NB The plural of the noun 'focus' is 'foci'. 'Focuses' is when the word 'focus' is being used as a verb.


What is the motion that describes earths orbit around the sun?

The Earth and all the planets follow Kepler's three laws of planetary motion, which means the Earth travels in an ellipse which takes us around the Sun at a distance that varies from 147.1 to 152.1 million kilometres, when the Earth is at the opposite ends of the major axis of the ellipse. The orbit is technically an ellipse but practically almost a perfect circle, with the Sun 2.5 million km off-centre. As the distance changes, so does the speed, but the sum of the kinetic energy and the potential energy stays constant and the orbit remains very stable.

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What two measurable properties directly tell us the size and shape of a planet's orbit?

The semi-major axis (size) and the eccentricity (shape).


Earth's orbit us shaped like a flattened circle. What is the name of that shape?

It is called an ellipse.


What us city lights the Christmas tree on the ellipse?

Christma,FL


What is the area between the us nantional mall and the white house called?

The Ellipse


What does the shape of an ellipse describe to us?

The path of an object in orbit around another object. It's a "conical section", shaped like a circle, but "flattened" in one direction (a circle can be considered a special case of an ellipse). An ellipse has two focal points.


Does the sun and the moon seem to be the same exact size during an solar ellipse?

the sun is a very big thing and is far away the moon is small compared to the sun and is near to us when the big sun goes far away it seems to be as big as the moon near to us


Why do moon ans sun appear to be the same size in the sky at times?

Because the distance that we are in here at earth only gives us the size that is only noticeable by the naked eye.


What starch gives us?

It gives us energy


What does UK shoe size mean?

It's your shoe size in the United Kingdom.Because the United States uses the older, outdated imperial system, while the United Kingdom uses the modern, updated metric system, the measurements are different.UK and US shoe size comparisons:UK Size 2 = US Size 4.5UK Size 2.5 = US Size 5UK Size 3 = US Size 5.5UK Size 3.5 = US Size 6UK Size 4 = US Size 6.5UK Size 4.5 = US Size 7UK Size 5 = US Size 7.5UK Size 5.5 = US Size 8UK Size 6 = US Size 8.5UK Size 6.5 = US Size 9UK Size 7 = US Size 9.5UK Size 7.5 = US Size 10UK Size 8 = US Size 10.5


What size is 8 in US size?

well im from the US and I'm a size 0 here and would be a size 4 in the UK. that means that: US Size 2 = UK Size 6 US Size 4 = UK Size 8 US Size 6 = UK Size 10 US Size 8 = UK Size 12 US Size 10 = UK Size 14 US Size 12 = UK Size 16 - so a UK size 8 would make you a us size 4! ~beelover


What gives us rational thought?

What gives us goals.


What does us size 8 us equal in UK size?

The UK size 8 is the equivalent of a US size 4