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While these values are expectedly low, they are too low by more than 1 order of magnitude of the observed values of $(e, i)\approx0.02$, including the low masses which reach the highest values.  Looking at Fig 6, after the masses redistribute orbital energy during the first 10Myrs, they all appear to follow a stable logarithmic increase. If we assume the increase to remain linear on a log scale, it can be estimated that the masses would only reach $(e, i)\approx0.02$ after a period of $10^8$Myrs $10^8$Myrs.  This shows that for the initial conditions used, self-stirring effects alone are unable reproduce observed values within the age of the Solar System.