Question

when a planet orbits the sun one of the foci of the elliptical orbit is​

Answer 1

Answer:

An ellipse is a squashed circle with two focus points or foci, planets orbit in an elliptical path. On the diagram to the right the Sun sits at one of the foci, and the other foci is empty (black dot), the planet orbits around the ellipse.

Answer 2

when a planet orbits the sun one of the foci of the elliptical orbit is​ squashed circle

Explanation:

Planets revolve in an elliptical path, which is a squashed circle with two focus points or foci. The planet circles around the ellipse in the diagram to the right, with the Sun at one of the foci and the other foci vacant (black dot).

The Law of Orbits:

• States that each planet moves in an elliptical orbit, with the sun at one of the elliptical's focal points.
• The Law of Area states that a line connecting the earth and the sun sweeps the same amount of area in the same amount of time. The square of the periods of revolution is directly proportional to the cubes of the semi-major axis, according to the Period Law.

The elliptical orbit's foci:

• The larger (more massive) object is not at the centre of the ellipse when an item is in an elliptical orbit around it. The "foci" are two points inside of an ellipse ("focus" is the plural version of "focus").
• The Sun, for example, is at one of the elliptical orbit's foci.