Assertion: mercury's orbit | /r/HasProperty | circular
Facets:
value: almost
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: While the Earth's orbit is almost circular (technically it is elliptical, but by a relatively minor amount), Mercury's is much more elliptical.
text: If the orbit of Mercury was nearly circular, this is all we'd need to say about its rotation; but since its orbit is quite eccentric, things work very differently at different times of the year.