Astronomers discover a new comet that follows a highly elliptical orbit. What is its eccentricity likely to be?(1 point)

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0.9200
0.9200

0.0009
0.0009

0.0014
0.0014

0.1500

Answer 1

For a highly elliptical orbit, the eccentricity (e) value is typically close to 1, but still less than 1. Comets often have eccentricities greater than 0.9.

Among the options provided, the most reasonable value for a highly elliptical orbit is:

0.9200