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What is the general shape of a planet's orbit around the Sun?
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What is the general shape of a planet's orbit around the Sun?

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All orbits are elliptical, which means they are an ellipse, similar to an oval. For the planets, the orbits are almost circular. The orbits of comets have a different shape.
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the earths orbit is not a circle the orbit is more or less like an egg, mercury has an egg shape to, Venuses orbit is more of a perfect circle,Marses orbit is slanted 25 degreas, u get the idea every planet orbits the sun diffrently

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