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

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Responses

Its orbit crosses over the orbit of another planet.
Its orbit crosses over the orbit of another planet.

its orbit is close to another planet's.
its orbit is close to another planet's.

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

Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point

Answer 1

Its orbit is a highly elongated ellipse.

Answer 2

Astronomers discover a new comet that follows a highly elliptical orbit. What is its eccentricity likely to be?(1 point)
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0.0014
0.0014

0.1500
0.1500

0.9200
0.9200

0.0009
0.0009

Answer 3

0.9200