Venus has the smallest orbital eccentricity of any of the planets. What is the eccentricity of Venus?(1 point)

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0.8040
0.8040

0.0000
0.0000

1.0300
1.0300

0.0068

0.0068

Astronomers discover a new comet that follows a highly elliptical orbit. What is its eccentricity likely to be?(1 point)

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0.9200
0.9200

0.0014
0.0014

0.0009
0.0009

0.1500

What does it mean when the orbital eccentricity of a planet is close to 1?(1 point)

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Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point
Its orbit is not closed around a fixed point

its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.
its orbit is a highly elongated ellipsis.

its orbit is close to another planet's.
its orbit is close to another planet's.

Its orbit crosses over the orbit of another planet.

Its orbit is a highly elongated ellipse.

The eccentricity of Venus is 0.0068.

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0.9200