When the Earth orbits around the sun, relatively speaking, does it circle in the same path each time?

Question

When the Earth orbits around the sun, relatively speaking, does it circle in the same path each time?

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Answer 1

What’s really interesting is that the sun is also moving in its orbit, so the planets aren’t on a plane with it all together, rather they’re spiraling around it like leaves in a whirlpool.

When I saw this, or something similar to it, it actually made way more sense to me than the idea of planets all orbiting the sun like they were caught in grooves on a record.