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 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
Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point

its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.

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