Astronomers discover a new comet that follows a highly elliptical orbit. What is its eccentricity likely to be?(1 point)

Responses

0.0014
0.0014

0.9200
0.9200

0.0009
0.0009

0.1500

1 answer

The eccentricity of a highly elliptical orbit is typically close to 1, but not equal to it. Among the options provided, the value closest to what would represent a highly elliptical orbit is 0.9200.

Therefore, the likely eccentricity of the newly discovered comet is 0.9200.