Center for Climatic Research: Model Orbital Parameters

Model Orbital Parameters

Years B.P.	Eccentricity	Obliquity	NU*SIN(II)	Long. Perihelion	Vernal Equinox
0	0.016724	23.4463	0.016356	102.0390	77.9610
-1000	0.017116	23.5757	0.017050	84.9595	95.0405
-2000	0.017483	23.7015	0.016207	67.9725	112.0275
-3000	0.017824	23.8205	0.013867	51.0747	128.9253
-4000	0.018138	23.9294	0.010211	34.2620	145.7380
-5000	0.018424	24.0253	0.005549	17.5291	162.4709
-6000	0.018682	24.1054	0.000284	0.8696	179.1304
-7000	0.018911	24.1674	-0.005125	344.2766	195.7234
-8000	0.019110	24.2092	-0.010200	327.7423	212.2577
-9000	0.019280	24.2295	-0.014493	311.2586	228.7414
-10000	0.019419	24.2270	-0.017626	294.8168	245.1832
-11000	0.019529	24.2012	-0.019319	278.4080	261.5920
-12000	0.019608	24.1522	-0.019418	262.0233	277.9767
-13000	0.019657	24.0805	-0.017909	245.6540	294.3460
-14000	0.019675	23.9872	-0.014915	229.2914	310.7086
-15000	0.019664	23.8742	-0.010689	212.9277	327.0723
-16000	0.019623	23.7438	-0.005592	196.5557	343.4443
-17000	0.019553	23.5988	-0.000058	180.1696	359.8304
-18000	0.019454	23.4428	0.005439	163.7648	16.2352
-19000	0.019328	23.2796	0.010431	147.3389	32.6611
-20000	0.019174	23.1135	0.014494	130.8916	49.1084
-21000	0.018994	22.9490	0.017294	114.4250	65.5750
-126000	0.039710	23.9281	-0.037014	291.2341	248.7659

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