Milankovitch-cycle Definition
noun
(climatology) 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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milankovitch-cyclesOrigin of Milankovitch-cycle
Named after the Serbian geophysicist Milutin Milanković (1879-1958).
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