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The ZB17x eccentricity solutions span the past 100 Myr. Available solutions include "ZB17a", "ZB17b", "ZB17c", "ZB17d", "ZB17e", "ZB17f", "ZB17h", "ZB17i", "ZB17j", "ZB17k", and "ZB17p".

Format

get_solution("ZB17x")

A data frame with 62,501 rows and 3 columns:

time

Time in thousands of years (kyr).

ecc

Eccentricity \(e\) (unitless).

inc

Inclination \(I\) (degrees).

Source

All astronomical solutions by Zeebe can be found on http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/zeebe_files/Astro.html.

They can be loaded into R quickly, using get_solution().

References

Zeebe, R. E. (2017). Numerical Solutions for the orbital motion of the Solar System over the Past 100 Myr: Limits and new results. The Astronomical Journal. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa8cce