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The shape of a flattened circle is called an ellipse. The shape is similar to an oval and some may mistakenly call it an oval.
An ellipse is a closed curved shape that resembles a squashed circle. It has two distinct points called foci, and the sum of the distances from any point on the ellipse to the two foci is constant. The major axis is the longest diameter of the ellipse, while the minor axis is the shortest diameter.
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I think you mean an ellipse.
All orbits are ellipses. You might describe an ellipse as a "flattened circle", but mathematically, a circle is a special version of an ellipse in which both foci are at the same spot.
The shape of Earth's orbit is an ellipse.
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The shape of a flattened circle is called an ellipse. The shape is similar to an oval and some may mistakenly call it an oval.
An ellipse is a closed curved shape that resembles a squashed circle. It has two distinct points called foci, and the sum of the distances from any point on the ellipse to the two foci is constant. The major axis is the longest diameter of the ellipse, while the minor axis is the shortest diameter.
No, the eccentricity of an ellipse tells us the shape of the ellipse, not its size. The size of an ellipse can be determined by its major and minor axes lengths, or by its area.