orbitalEccentricity

P20350
predicate

Indicates the degree to which an orbit deviates from a perfect circle, quantifying how elongated the orbital path is.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
orbitalEccentricity canonical 81
hasTypicalEccentricity 3
eccentricOrbit 2

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: orbitalEccentricity
Generated description
Indicates the degree to which an orbit deviates from a perfect circle, quantifying how elongated the orbital path is.

Sample triples (100)

Subject Object
Mercury about 0.2056 ⓘ
Eris about 0.44 ⓘ
Pluto about 0.248 ⓘ
Uranus about 0.047 ⓘ
Neptune about 0.009 ⓘ
Hyperion 0.1042 ⓘ
Tethys 0.0001 ⓘ
Quaoar true via predicate surface "hasNearlyCircularOrbit" ⓘ
Dysnomia low ⓘ
Haumea family about 0.10–0.20 via predicate surface "hasTypicalEccentricityRange" ⓘ
outer Solar System often high for scattered objects via predicate surface "orbitalEccentricities" ⓘ
Hiʻiaka approximately 0.0513 ⓘ
Charon ~0.0002 ⓘ
Styx low ⓘ
Deimos 0.00033 ⓘ
Titania 0.0011 ⓘ
Ariel 0.0012 ⓘ
Miranda 0.0013 ⓘ
Oberon 0.0014 ⓘ
Galatea very low ⓘ
Thalassa ~0.0002 ⓘ
Naiad ~0.0003 ⓘ
Umbriel 0.0039 ⓘ
Dione 0.0022 ⓘ
Namaka approximately 0.249 ⓘ
Helios 1 highly elliptical via predicate surface "orbitEccentricity" ⓘ
Despina very low ⓘ
Iapetus 0.0288 ⓘ
Rhea 0.0012583 ⓘ
Enceladus 0.0047 ⓘ
Mimas 0.0196 ⓘ
Larissa 0.0014 ⓘ
Io about 0.0041 ⓘ
Telesto low ⓘ
Calypso 0.0009 ⓘ
Ganymede 0.0013 ⓘ
Epsilon Eridani b 0.2–0.3 via predicate surface "eccentricityApprox" ⓘ
Callisto 0.0074 ⓘ
Sirius about 0.59 ⓘ
Earth–Moon system about 0.055 via predicate surface "moonOrbitalEccentricity" ⓘ
S/1899 S 1 approximately 0.163 ⓘ
Sun-synchronous orbit low eccentricity via predicate surface "hasTypicalEccentricity" ⓘ
Sun-synchronous orbit near-circular orbit via predicate surface "hasTypicalEccentricity" ⓘ
PSR B1913+16
linked to: first binary pulsar PSR B1913+16
about 0.617 ⓘ
Eta Carinae highly eccentric (e ≈ 0.9, estimated) via predicate surface "binaryOrbitEccentricity" ⓘ
Vanth low ⓘ
90482 Orcus approximately 0.227 ⓘ
Carme group about 0.25 via predicate surface "hasMeanEccentricity" ⓘ
Carme
linked to: Carme (moon)
about 0.25 via predicate surface "meanOrbitalEccentricity" ⓘ
Kepler-22b assumed near zero ⓘ