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What does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?(1 point)
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its orbit is close to another planet's.
its orbit is close to another planet's.

its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.
its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.

Its orbit crosses over the orbit of another planet.
Its orbit crosses over the orbit of another planet.

Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point
Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
1 month ago

When the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1, it means **its orbit is a highly elongated ellipse**.

So, the correct response is: **its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.**