When the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1, it means its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis. Eccentricity values range from 0 (a perfect circle) to values approaching 1 (a very elongated ellipse). Thus, the correct response is its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.
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 is a highly elongated ellipsis.
its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.
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
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