Physics 0625 · IGCSE · The Earth and the Solar System

The Earth and the Solar System — practice question

Comets are objects that travel around the Sun in the Solar System. What is the orbit's shape, and where is the Sun placed relative to it?

  • Ashape of orbit: circular; position of the Sun: centre of orbit
  • Bshape of orbit: circular; position of the Sun: not at centre of orbit
  • Cshape of orbit: elliptical; position of the Sun: centre of orbit
  • Dshape of orbit: elliptical; position of the Sun: not at centre of orbit

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