of low eccentricity - What describes an ellipse whose shape is very close to a circle?, almost a circle - If a planet has an eccentricity of .007 then the shape of the orbit will be, very flat - If a planet has an eccentricity of .462 then the shape of the orbit will be, varies from 22.1 to 24.5 degrees - The tilt of Earth’s rotation axis ____, the axis wobbles over time - What does the precession of Earth's axis mean?, The asteroid has a different plane, thus interception. - Why is there a danger that a large asteroid might strike Earth at some time in the future?, The Suns gravity - Why does the orbit of a planet speed up when it is close to the Sun?, It's eccentricity is 0.017 - Why do we say the Earth's orbit is almost circular?, Newton's first law - Why doesn't the Moon crash into Earth?, gravity - What keeps you from floating away into space?, Jupiter is farther away - Why does it take Jupiter longer to orbit the Sun than Mars? ,

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