elliptical
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The Sun's gravitational pull on Mars changes over the course of the planet's seasons because Mars travels along a slightly elliptical orbit and rotates on a tilted axis.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
In a typical binary system, two stars with slightly different masses circle each other along elongated, or elliptical, paths.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Beyond the elliptical machines, the sweat-inducing yoga classes or weights, it’s the community that makes Everybody Gym strong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 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
It is the comets—especially the long-period comets—that have dramatically elliptical orbits.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
"Our simulation reveals the intimate details of the formation of galaxies such as the transformation of spirals into ellipticals through galaxy mergers."
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2023
Both types of galaxies are also found in the Local Supercluster, but while the Supergalactic Plane is teeming with bright ellipticals, bright disk galaxies are conspicuously absent.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
These included Peloton bicycles and treadmills and iFit NordicTrack bicycles and ellipticals.
From Reuters ● Mar. 8, 2023
Treadmills and ellipticals feature calorie counts as prominently as they do distance “traveled.”
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2023
Galactic collisions distort the shape of an originally spherical cluster and may also contribute to the genesis of spirals and irregulars from ellipticals.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing elliptical
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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