Saturday, 6 February 2016

newtonian mechanics - Why is the Earth's or other planets orbit elliptical instead of being circular such as of moon?



Since bodies like planets moving around sun perform uniform circular motion where gravitation provides the necessary centripetal force, so the orbits should be circular for the gravitational force to be central but as we know the paths are not perfectly circular but elliptical. Why this is so?





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