It was Kepler who discovered that the planets orbits are elliptical.
Arnold Sommerfeld
As an elliptical orbit is any orbit that isn't perfectly circular, everything has an elliptical orbit. The planets Mercury and Pluto have the most elliptical orbits of the planets, and are easily seen to be oval shaped. Comets also have highly elliptical orbits.
ALL orbits are elliptical.
Johannes Kepler.
Johannes Kepler in 1619 first realized that planetary orbits were elliptical rather than circular.
Arnold Sommerfeld
All closed orbits are elliptical.
Planetary orbits that are elliptical will have a greater focus.
As an elliptical orbit is any orbit that isn't perfectly circular, everything has an elliptical orbit. The planets Mercury and Pluto have the most elliptical orbits of the planets, and are easily seen to be oval shaped. Comets also have highly elliptical orbits.
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Elliptical orbits of the planets around the sun actually match what we observe. Newton's Theory of Universal Gravitation states that planets will move around the sun in elliptical orbits.
All planets have elliptical orbits.
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Orbits move in very elongated elliptical orbits.
Planetary orbits are usually taught to be circular. However, they are truly more elliptical (oval shaped).