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  • Which Planet Has the Most Circular Orbit Around the Sun? - Venus Explained
    The planet with the most nearly circular orbit around the sun is Venus.

    Here's why:

    * Orbital Eccentricity: Eccentricity measures how much an orbit deviates from a perfect circle. A value of 0 represents a perfect circle, while a value closer to 1 represents a more elongated ellipse.

    * Venus's Eccentricity: Venus has an orbital eccentricity of only 0.0068, which is extremely low. This means its orbit is very close to being perfectly circular.

    * Other Planets: Other planets have higher eccentricities:

    * Mercury: 0.2056

    * Earth: 0.0167

    * Mars: 0.0934

    * Jupiter: 0.0484

    * Saturn: 0.0542

    * Uranus: 0.0472

    * Neptune: 0.0086

    While Neptune's eccentricity is also quite low, Venus's is even lower, making it the most circular planetary orbit in our solar system.

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