Why are planetary orbits elliptical and not circular?
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A circle is an ellipse and a very specific one. Just like how a square is a rectangle, but not all rectangles are squares. There’s many different conditions that will form an ellipse but only one perfect condition to make a circle. Since there are more ways to make an ellipse that is non-circular, that is what will happen the vast majority of the time.
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