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Long term behavior of a hypothetical planet in a highly eccentric orbit

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

For a hypothetical planet on a highly eccentric orbit, we have calculated the osculating orbital parameters and its closest approaches to Earth and Moon over a period of 750 kyr. The approaches which are close enough to influence the climate of the Earth form a pattern comparable to that of the past climatic changes, as recorded in deep sea sediments and polar ice cores.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9909464,
  title  = {Long term behavior of a hypothetical planet in a highly eccentric orbit},
  author = {R. Nufer and W. Baltensperger and W. Woelfli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9909464},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures, LaTeX