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A bodies eccentricity is a measure of how circular the orbit of that body is. Perfectly circular orbits have the lowest eccentricity, of 0, whereas orbits such as that of the dwarf planet Pluto are more eccentric.

When there are multiple large bodies in an orbit, with smaller bodies orbiting multiple of these, the eccentricities of the smaller bodies are quite high.

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