Are the orbits of the planet circular or ellliptical?
Planetary orbits are elliptical. However, all the planets in our solar system have an orbit very close to being circular. Venus’ brightness depends on the distance between it and Earth, and its position relative to the Sun. As Venus orbits the Sun quicker then the Earth does, so at different times the distances will be different and the amount of light reflected will be different. You can see shooting stars in cities, it’s just much harder because there’s so much light from buildings, street lights etc. I’m not sure why shooting stars are considered to be lucky, must just be ‘one of those things’.
The orbits of the planets are Elliptical. It was observed by the physicist Johannes Kepler. The Sun is not at the center of the Ellipse, which means there is a farthest position from the planet called Apehelion, and the shortest position from the planet, Perihelion. At the Perihelion the planet looks larger. And Vice Versa at the Apehelion. The brightness has to do with the reflecting of the Sun’s rays (which planets do very well, though not as good as the Moon). The cities are filled with air pollution and many other lights. The country side is a very good place to see the sky and shooting star since there aren’t that many distraction and distortions in the sky.
1. The orbits of planets are elliptical 2. The Earth as well as Venus have elliptical orbits, making objects appear bigger or smaller depending upon where they are in its orbit, accounting for why Venus is sometimes bigger/ brighter 3. In the city, there are so many lights being shot into the sky that it can be very hard to see something in space because it has such a relatively dim light.
Elliptical orbits. Mercury, Mars, and used-to-was Pluto are more elliptical than Jupiter, Earth, Venus, etc. Venus varies in distance from us. Sometimes over 150 million miles away (other side of the sun), sometimes only 30 million miles away (near side of the sun). And amount of sunlit side we can see (phases like the moon). Those two factors will make Venus appear very different. Anything very unusual and transient gives us the feeling that we were lucky to be watching in that instant. Light pollution prevents us from seeing 90% of meteors, as they are too faint to be noticed in cities at night. Just wait until you see a daytime one! Wow, that was something for me.
the orbits of the planets are elliptical the venus looks brighter in some months because it is near us and for some months it is far away. this is because the venus travels faster than earth than the sun because its much closer to the sun. because the shooting star occurs really rare and it is meant to be lucky if u see one. i don’t no weather it is really lucky or not, but anyways you can only see shooting stars in country side cause there is more free space to see the sky where as in city ther are much more buildings and they hide the sky really much.
