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A planet's orbit is the path it takes as it travels round the Sun.
Johannes Kepler discovered that each planet moves in its own elliptical obit. For seven of the eight planets (leaving out Mercury) the elliptical orbits are very nearly circular, which is why it took 1500 years to develop measurement techniques accurate enough to enable Kepler to make his discovery.
However for all the planets the Sun is some appreciable distance from the centre of the circle, and in the Earth's case it is 2½ million kilometres from the centre so that the distance varies between 147.1 and 152.1 million kilometres (closest in January each year).
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Part of Pluto's orbit is inside the orbit of?
Pluto's unusual orbit causes it to travel inside Neptune's orbit.
What is it called when a moon's orbit is backwards?
When a moon's orbit is backwards, it is referred to as a retrograde orbit.
Is Pluto an orbit?
Answer: No, Pluto is not an orbit. Pluto is in an orbit: a 2:3 resonance orbit with Neptune.No, Pluto is a dwarf planet.
Do stars orbit planets or planets orbit stars?
Planets orbit stars.
What do you call a path a planet follows as it travels around the sun?
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What does the giant anteater use as a blanket on cold nights?
The giant anteater uses its tail as a blanet on cold nights.
Does Pluto's orbit overlaps the orbit of the asteroid Ceres?
Pluto's orbit DOES NOT overlap the orbit of the asteroid Ceres. But it does overlap the orbit of the planet neptune
The path an object takes around another object is called an?
This is an orbit.
Part of Pluto's orbit is inside the orbit of?
Pluto's unusual orbit causes it to travel inside Neptune's orbit.
What is the path of one object circling another?
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Does Neptune Orbit?
Yes, Neptune Does Orbit. Yes, Neptune Does Orbit.
Is Orbit Send With Satellite?
The orbit helps the satellite go into orbit.
What is it called when a moon's orbit is backwards?
When a moon's orbit is backwards, it is referred to as a retrograde orbit.
How many moons orbit Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune and Pluto?
62 moons orbit Saturn, 67 orbit Jupiter, 5 orbit Pluto, 14 orbit Neptune, and 27 orbit Uranus.
Is Pluto an orbit?
Answer: No, Pluto is not an orbit. Pluto is in an orbit: a 2:3 resonance orbit with Neptune.No, Pluto is a dwarf planet.
What planet do comets orbit?
Comets don't orbit a planet, they orbit the sun.
How fast do the planets orbit the earth?
The planets do not orbit the Earth, they orbit the sun.
