elliptical
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Some exoplanets follow highly elliptical orbits, meaning the amount of heat they receive from their star changes significantly over time.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026
This elliptical approach is in part its strength, subtly illuminating how trying to move past one tragedy may bring a family to the precipice of another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Supermoon's occur because the Moon's orbit around Earth is not perfectly circular, but slightly elliptical - meaning it is sometimes closer to us than at other times.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
The Moon's orbit around the Earth is not circular but elliptical, meaning that the distance between the two varies throughout the year.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025
Because if planets had very elliptical orbits, so that their paths intersected, sooner or later there would be a collision.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing elliptical
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Space Science
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Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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