Question

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

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

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

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)

Responses

0.0014
0.0014

0.1500
0.1500

0.9200
0.9200

0.0009
0.0009

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

0.9200

Answer 4

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

The correct answer is: its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis. When the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1, it means that the shape of the planet's orbit becomes highly elongated. An eccentricity of 1 indicates an orbit that is almost a straight line, with the furthest point from the central body being very far away and the closest point being very close.