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Milankovitch: orbital calculations of insolation

Contribution grade

Paleoclimate · quantitative climate-forcing theory

Reference score220,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Orbital forcing became a quantitative paleoclimate programme rather than a qualitative hypothesis.

Scientific scope

The 1941 Canon and its multi-decade calculation programme; earlier hypotheses and later empirical chronology are excluded.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. This is the 1941 Canon, built over decades. Earlier orbital-climate hypotheses and later empirical validation and chronology are separate.

Contributors

Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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