What does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?(1 point)

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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.
Its orbit crosses over the orbit of another planet.

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

its orbit is close to another planet's.

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
20 days ago

When the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1, it means:

**its orbit is a highly elongated ellipse.**