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Catherine is preparing a realistic model of the Solar System. To show the orbital path of the planets, she gathers rings of different shapes. What shape should she use for the earth's orbit?
A Ellipse
B Hexagon
C Circle
D Hyberbola
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A — Ellipse.
By Kepler's first law each planet moves in an elliptical orbit with the Sun at one focus. Earth's orbit is very close to a circle (eccentricity ≈ 0.0167) but is properly an ellipse.
By Kepler's first law each planet moves in an elliptical orbit with the Sun at one focus. Earth's orbit is very close to a circle (eccentricity ≈ 0.0167) but is properly an ellipse.
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