A Matter of Degrees, Pt. 2

[Vaska Tumir]

Harrison Sherwood wrote:
>[snip]  Measurements of time
>should, in a clockwork universe, be reflections of measurements of
>distance. Yet, since they are not, Fr. Maire arguably breaks the Second
>Commandment by implying that the 360-degree circle is "honest" and the
>365.25-degree one is a heathen perversion.

Help!  Does the earth actually describe a circle in its orbital path round
the sun?  Am I confusing this with some other stuff --  or is it the case
that the earth's solar merry-go-round is not a true circle at all?  

Vaska the Befuddled