Here's why:
* Eccentricity is a measure of how much an orbit deviates from a perfect circle. An eccentricity of 0 represents a perfect circle, while an eccentricity of 1 represents a parabola.
* Planets in our solar system formed from a disk of gas and dust. The gravitational pull of the Sun caused this material to flatten into a disk, and planets formed within this disk. The circular nature of the disk resulted in planets having nearly circular orbits.
However, there are exceptions:
* Mercury has a relatively high eccentricity of 0.206, meaning its orbit is significantly elliptical.
* Mars has a moderate eccentricity of 0.093, giving it a more elliptical orbit compared to Earth.
While these planets have more elliptical orbits, they are still much closer to circular than to a parabolic shape.