Milankovitch Calculator

Details in: Waltham, D., 2015. Milankovitch period uncertainties and their impact on cyclostratigraphy

Age: Ma

Earth-Moon Distance

376.6 ± 4.4 thousand km

Earth Day

22.88 ± 0.61 hours

Earth Axis Mean Obliquity

22.69 ± 0.31 degrees

Earth Axis Precession Period

23.4 ± 1.2 ky

Main Obliquity Period

35.5 ± 2.9 ky

Climatic Precession Periods

21.7 ± 1.1 ky

20.60 ± 0.97 ky

17.66 ± 0.76 ky

17.88 ± 0.77 ky

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