<p>I refer to this article on nytimes.com: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17142736" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Every 202,500 Years, Earth Wanders in a New Direction</a></p>

<p>TLDR: Scientists believe the earth's orbit oscillates between circular
and more elliptical due to the gravitational pull from Jupiter (big)
and Venus (close). It takes 405k years to complete a cycle.</p>

<p>The big question: could this affect climate-change? Could it make colder winters, hotter summers or just more extreme weathers? Changing Gulf stream? </p>

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It's important to note that these changes, while real, take place gradually and continuously, over many thousands of years.
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Every 202,500 years, Earth wanders in a new direction; does it affect climate?
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# Every 202,500 years, Earth wanders in a new direction; does it affect climate?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-25)

I refer to this article on nytimes.com: [Every 202,500 Years, Earth Wanders in a New Direction](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17142736)

TLDR: Scientists believe the earth's orbit oscillates between circular
and more elliptical due to the gravitational pull from Jupiter (big)
and Venus (close). It takes 405k years to complete a cycle.

The big question: could this affect climate-change? Could it make colder winters, hotter summers or just more extreme weathers? Changing Gulf stream?

**Tags:** climate-change, climate, earth-observation, sun, milankovitch-cycles

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's important to note that these changes, while real, take place gradually and continuously, over many thousands of years.  

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