SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The orbits of all planets are ____
A
parabolic
B
rectangular
C
elliptical
D
circular
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kepler’s First Law: each planet’s orbit about the Sun is an ellipse. The Sun’s center is always located at one focus of the orbital ellipse. The Sun is at one focus. The planet follows the ellipse in its orbit, meaning that the planet to Sun distance is constantly changing as the planet goes around its orbit.

Detailed explanation-2: -All 8 planets in our Solar System travel around the Sun in elliptical orbits. Not all ellipses are the same. The ‘eccentricity’ of an ellipse tells us how flattened (or how elliptical) it is. The more flattened an ellipse is, the closer the eccentricity is to 1.

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