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Which of the Milankovitch cycles changes the shape of the earth's orbit around the sun? A) eccentricity B) axial tilt C) precession D) rotation

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The answer you are looking for is A) Eccentricity

the path of the Earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse. This elliptical shape changes from less elliptical (nearly a perfect circle) to more elliptical and back, and is due to the gravitational fields of neighboring planets (particularly the large ones – Jupiter and Saturn).

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Eccentricity.

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