When the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1, its orbit is a highly elongated ellipse. Eccentricity is a measure of how much an orbit deviates from being circular, and values close to 1 indicate a more stretched-out shape.
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 is not closed around a fixed point
Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point
Its orbit crosses over the orbit of another planet.
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