EXCENTRICITY, in Astronomy, is the distance of the centre of the orbit of a planet from the centre of the sun; that is, the distance between the centre and the focus of the ellipse.
EXCENTRICITY
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EXCENTRICITY, in Astronomy, is the distance of the centre of the orbit of a planet from the centre of the sun; that is, the distance between the centre and the focus of the ellipse.