The earth's orbit is elliptical. However the orbit is much closer to a circle than to an ellipse (or at least the image that comes to mind when you say ellipse)

The earth's orbit is elliptical. However the orbit is much closer to a circle than to an ellipse (or at least the image that comes to mind when you say ellipse). This image is taken from the wikipedia article mentioned below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EarthsOrbit_en.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EarthsOrbit_en.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_orbit