Relative velocity between the planet and pebbles (dark blue line) and number of accreted pebbles (light blue bars) as function of the planet’s orbital phase angle. Perihelion is at 0° and aphelionis at 180°. The planet eccentricity is e_p = 0.007 in the left panel and e_p = 0.03 in the right panel. Other parameters are the same for the two panels: M_p = 0.01 M_⊕, M_⋆ = 1 M_⊙, τ_s = 10⁻², v_hw = 60 m s⁻¹ and N_tot = 300 × 300. The black dashed line represents the transition velocity from the settling to the ballistic accretion, v = v_* (Eq. (13)).