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a_• = 0.0
BD	0.963178	0.998160
WD	0.981957	0.999790
NS	0.997268	0.999919
BH	0.996791	0.999971
a_• = 0.999
	Prograde	Retrograde
	e_min	e_max	e_min	e_max
BD	0.990605	0.999954	0.947489	0.995773
WD	0.995396	0.999995	0.974270	0.999505
NS	0.999303	0.999998	0.996104	0.999810
BH	0.999181	0.999999	0.995424	0.999932

a_• = 0.0
BD	0.963178	0.998160
WD	0.981957	0.999790
NS	0.997268	0.999919
BH	0.996791	0.999971
a_• = 0.999
	Prograde	Retrograde
	e_min	e_max	e_min	e_max
BD	0.990605	0.999954	0.947489	0.995773
WD	0.995396	0.999995	0.974270	0.999505
NS	0.999303	0.999998	0.996104	0.999810
BH	0.999181	0.999999	0.995424	0.999932

Table 3.

Maximum and minimum eccentricity (equations 31 and 32) for each type of compact object. The values of e_min and e_max are obtained for θ = 0.1 rad (prograde orbits), θ = −0.1 rad (retrograde orbits), a_crit = a_RQ, M_MBH = 4.3 × 10⁶ M_⊙, and a_• = 0 or 0.999.

a_• = 0.0
Object	e_min		e_max
BD	0.963178		0.998160
WD	0.981957		0.999790
NS	0.997268		0.999919
BH	0.996791		0.999971
a_• = 0.999
	Prograde		Retrograde
	e_min	e_max	e_min	e_max
BD	0.990605	0.999954	0.947489	0.995773
WD	0.995396	0.999995	0.974270	0.999505
NS	0.999303	0.999998	0.996104	0.999810
BH	0.999181	0.999999	0.995424	0.999932

a_• = 0.0
Object	e_min		e_max
BD	0.963178		0.998160
WD	0.981957		0.999790
NS	0.997268		0.999919
BH	0.996791		0.999971
a_• = 0.999
	Prograde		Retrograde
	e_min	e_max	e_min	e_max
BD	0.990605	0.999954	0.947489	0.995773
WD	0.995396	0.999995	0.974270	0.999505
NS	0.999303	0.999998	0.996104	0.999810
BH	0.999181	0.999999	0.995424	0.999932

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