Eccentricity

Eccentricity

A number that described the shape of a planets orbit

Ellipse

An oval shaped figure with two center points

Circle

A round shape figure with one center point

More elliptical

More oval shaped

Less elliptical

Less oval shaped

Straight line

Eccentricity is 1

Eccentricity of a circle

0

Where is the sun located in a ellipse

One of the foci

Law 1

The orbital paths of the planets are elliptical, which the sun at one focus

Law 2

Equal area as the planet moves ok it orbit in same time

Law 3

Longer distance from the sun, the more time for period of revolution

Which season in the northern hemisphere does earth reach its greatest distance from the sun

Summer

In its orbit around the Sun, approximately how many degrees per day does the Earth revolve?

1 degree