Question

Astronomers discover a new comet that follows a highly elliptical orbit. What is its eccentricity likely to be?
0.0009
0.9200
0.0014
0.1500

Answer 1

What does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?
its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis. its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis. Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point its orbit is close to another planet's. its orbit is close to another planet's. Its orbit crosses over the orbit of another planet.

Answer 2

Venus has the smallest orbital eccentricity of any of the planets. What is the eccentricity of Venus?
0.8040 0.8040 1.0300 1.0300 0.0068 0.0068 0.0000

Answer 3

Based on the information provided, the comet's eccentricity is likely to be 0.9200.

Answer 4

When the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1, it means that its orbit is a highly elongated ellipse. Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point, and it does not cross over the orbit of another planet.

Answer 5

The eccentricity of Venus is 0.0068.