Question

what is the difference between axis and orbit

Answer 1

Axis is an imaginary line about which a body rotates.

Orbit is the regularly repeated elliptical course of a celestial object or spacecraft about a star or planet.

Answer 2

Difference between axis and orbit:

• Axis is defined to be an imaginary line that remains constant in the rotating body, and the rotating body actually rotates keeping that axis constant.
• Whereas, orbit is defined as an imaginary line or path on which somebody revolves in some circular or elliptical path keeping somebody in either of its foci.
• Axis is meant to be a straight line, but orbit can’t be a straight line.
• Axis cannot change for a body, as it passes through its center, but orbit can change.