Milankovitch cycles

A form of Milankovitch cycle — Any of the three cyclic variations in the Earth's orbit around the Sun, respectively the obliquity of its axis, the precession of the equinoxes, and the eccentricity of its orbit.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of Milankovitch cycle
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