Venus has the smallest orbital eccentricity of any of the planets. What is the eccentricity of Venus?(1 point)
Responses
0.8040
0.8040
0.0000
0.0000
1.0300
1.0300
0.0068
5 answers
0.0068
Astronomers discover a new comet that follows a highly elliptical orbit. What is its eccentricity likely to be?(1 point)
Responses
0.9200
0.9200
0.0014
0.0014
0.0009
0.0009
0.1500
Responses
0.9200
0.9200
0.0014
0.0014
0.0009
0.0009
0.1500
0.9200
What does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?(1 point)
Responses
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.
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.
Responses
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.
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 is a highly elongated ellipse.