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

Not exactly, no. The ellipse (an oval shape, almost a circle but not quite) rotates slowly as well. One side of the “circle” is a bit farther away from the sun than the other side, and the line between the two is slowly spinning, moves around the sun. A lot slower than the earth moves, but because this “major” axis (the term for it) moves relative to the sun, the oval of the orbit also moves.