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Eccentric Orbit Quick Check
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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 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
its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.
its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.
Eccentric Orbit Quick Check
2 of 32 of 3 Items
Question
What does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?(1 point)
Responses
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.
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
its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.
its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.
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GPT-4o mini
When the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1, it means **its orbit is a highly elongated ellipse.** Eccentricity measures the deviation of an orbit from being circular, with values closer to 0 indicating more circular orbits and values closer to 1 indicating more elongated or stretched orbits.