Eccentricity

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When this parameter is defined to a non-zero value e, all the planets defined in the file PlanetConfig are initialized on eccentric orbits of eccentricity e. Note that they all are initialized with x>0, y=0, vx=0, and vy>0, and such that they are at apocenter at t=0. If you do not want this, then you need to edit manually the planet[i].dat files, put them in the output directory (see OutputDir), and perform a restart run.