elliptical
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As this wobble interacts with gradual shifts in Earth's elliptical orbit, it creates two major climatic precession cycles lasting about 19,000 and 23,000 years.
From Science Daily • May 27, 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
Published when its author was 28 years old, the slim, elliptical volume played a central role in Camus winning the Nobel Prize for literature at a time when that distinction still meant something.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
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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Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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