Why are planetary orbits elliptical and not circular?

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Why are planetary orbits elliptical and not circular?

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For a given orbit length, only one very specific configuration is circular while the rest (an infinite amount) are elliptical. As there is no general force that acts to make an orbit more circular, it’s simply statistically much more likely to find orbits that are elliptical rather than ones that are circular.

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