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The degree to which the orbit is elliptical is called the
eccentricity.
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The eccentricity is defined as the ratio of the distance between the
center of the
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ellipse to either focus to the distance from the center to the edge
of the ellipse
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along the major axis.
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The smaller the eccentricity, the more circular the ellipse is.
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