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region.","Most comets travel in a highly elliptical orbit, bringing them very close to the sun and then flinging them far out into space.","Comets often follow highly elliptical orbits around the Sun.","Scientists carefully calculated the spacecraft's planned elliptical orbit to maximize fuel efficiency.","Scientists are studying the planet's elliptical orbit to understand its climate variations.","A planet in an elliptical orbit speeds up as it approaches its star and slows down as it moves away.","The spacecraft adjusted its trajectory to achieve a stable elliptical orbit around Mars.","The new satellite was successfully placed into a stable, elliptical orbit yesterday.","A highly elliptical orbit means that the object's distance from the central body varies significantly.","Kepler's first law of planetary motion states that planets move in an elliptical orbit with the Sun at one of the two foci.","The new telescope will be positioned in an elliptical orbit to avoid Earth's atmospheric interference.","Adjusting the thrusters allowed the probe to shift from a circular to an elliptical orbit.","Early models of the solar system struggled to explain the observed elliptical orbits of planets.","The moon's slightly elliptical orbit is the reason we experience phenomena like supermoons.","Gravitational forces can sometimes cause a celestial body to shift into a more elliptical orbit.","The captured asteroid will be settled into a temporary elliptical orbit for further study.","The mission design calls for the probe to enter a long-period elliptical orbit.","Gravitational disturbances can sometimes push a celestial body into an unstable elliptical orbit.","Objects in a perfect circular orbit have constant speed, unlike those in an elliptical orbit.","translation",{"_30":69,"_32":70,"_9":71,"_35":72,"_37":38,"_39":73,"_45":75,"_67":-5},"shape","elliptical shape","elliptical-shape","describes a form that resembles a flattened circle or an oval",{"_41":18,"_43":74},5.2,[76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85],"The planet follows an orbit with a slightly elliptical shape.","She designed the dining table with a beautiful elliptical shape to save space.","Under the microscope, we could see the blood cells' characteristic elliptical shape.","The large park was laid out in an elliptical shape with walking paths around the perimeter.","Many galaxies, when viewed from the side, have a distinct elliptical shape.","The antique mirror's elegant elliptical shape made it the centerpiece of the hallway.","An architect might use an elliptical shape for a building to create a more dynamic feel.","The shadow cast by the tilted lamp had a stretched, elliptical shape on the wall.","For the logo, we are considering an elliptical shape to symbolize movement and continuity.","The athlete's running track has a standard elliptical shape.",{"_30":87,"_32":88,"_9":89,"_35":90,"_37":38,"_39":91,"_45":94,"_67":-5},"galaxy","elliptical galaxy","elliptical-galaxy","describes a type of galaxy with a smooth, featureless light profile and an elliptical shape",{"_41":92,"_43":93},6,2.5,[95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114],"An elliptical galaxy is characterized by its smooth, oval shape.","Astronomers discovered an elliptical galaxy at the edge of the cluster.","Unlike a spiral galaxy, an elliptical galaxy has very little interstellar dust and gas.","The telescope resolved the bright core of an elliptical galaxy.","The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning image of a giant elliptical galaxy.","Our simulation predicts how an elliptical galaxy evolves over billions of years.","Most stars in an elliptical galaxy are old, red stars.","She wrote her thesis on star formation in an elliptical galaxy.","Scientists believe that a giant elliptical galaxy can form from the merger of smaller galaxies.","The nearest elliptical galaxy can be seen with binoculars on a clear night.","How does an elliptical galaxy differ from a lenticular one?","Unlike spirals, an elliptical galaxy has little cold gas and dust.","M87 is a well-known example of a supergiant elliptical galaxy.","They catalogued dozens of elliptical galaxies in the survey.","The Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies are predicted to eventually merge into a large elliptical galaxy.","Was the remnant of the merger an elliptical galaxy or a spiral?","A new dwarf elliptical galaxy was discovered orbiting our own.","Images revealed that the faint smudge was actually an elliptical galaxy.","Studying the light from a distant elliptical galaxy provides clues about the early universe.","In textbooks, an elliptical galaxy is often depicted as a smooth, featureless oval.","relatedEntries",{"_117":118,"_119":120},"asSubject",[],"asObject",[],"serverTranslations",{},"actionData","errors"]