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Elliptical Orbit

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Shape of the orbit traversed by earth around the sun is ____.

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circular

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spiral

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oval

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conical

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Solution

The correct option is C oval
The orbit of earth around sun and orbit of all other planets are not circular but in stretched circles like oval. These shapes are called ellipses.

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