Physics, asked by Paaki, 1 year ago

Why is earth's and other planets' orbit elliptical?

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Answered by smartcow1

Newton figured out that any body under the influence of an inverse square force (e.g. gravity) will travel along a conic section. The conic sections are the circle, the ellipse, the parabola, and the hyperbola.

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