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Research: 11 year solar cycle may be tied to planetary motion

Discussion in 'Amateur Radio News' started by K5XS, Jun 20, 2019.

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  1. K5XS

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  2. W1YW

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    Thanks for posting, Bernie.

    Its not easy to find these correlations and they always look a bit muddy in the data.

    Ironically, this takes us back to John Gribbin's 'Jupiter Effect' from 45 years ago! Of course, that was wrong--no calamity on planetary alignment-- but an effect on solar cycle shouldn't be discounted.

    73
    Chip W1YW
     
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  3. WF4W

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    and what about the tidal forces of Saturn, Mercury & Mars? Seems if there is a correlation between Venus/Jupiter/Earth there there would be come concordance with the other planets.
     
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  5. W0PV

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    Read the second cited link carefully.

    They paid special attention to the Venus/Jupiter/Earth alignment because that occurs every 11 years, coincidental with the known solar cycle.

    They also allude that the combined tidal forces from all planets may have an additional effect on the internal workings of the Sun, the magnetic dynamo, via Taylor instability, and therefore may play a role in other solar flux variations superimposed over the 11 year cycle such as the Maunder Minimum.
     
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  6. AK5CT

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    Hey, I got it... It's really Pluto. It got irritated a few years ago when they said it really wasn't a valid planet. So it got out of alignment and shut down the propagation.
    Humm just a thought.
    I'm not even gonna mention Uranus !!
     
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  7. W1YW

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    OK...here we go...

    Nelson's article shows a correlation, which is fine, but stresses that TERRESTRIAL RF PROPAGATION is directly modulated by planetary alignments. That's just wrong. It has nothing to do with planets modulating the terrestrial ionosphere.

    The new study in the OP shows that it is the modulation of the Taylor instability below the 'surface ' of the Sun that is affected by these planetary alignments. This manifests as sunspot counts/ 22 year butterfly pattern.

    IOW the effect on propagation is not causal- correlated to planetary alignment, but changes in that Taylor instability are so correlated. Planetary alignments modulate the Taylor instability but are not the only phenomena that cause its variations. For example, the wacky splits in sunspot cycle peaks are not caused by planetary alignments.

    If Nelson had just presented the data without interpreting it he would have had a more useful scientific result. Interpretations are often not unique and locking into one separates science heroes from the forgotten. Occam's razor, BTW, does not seem manifest in Nelson's interpretation: it's not 'planets change the ionosphere'. It's 'planets change the Sun'.

    Hope that helps.

    73
    Chip W1YW
     
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  8. KJ7WT

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    The theory behind this is pretty much over my head, but I like the fact that there are people who DO understand it and can explain why it affects HF propagation. Great stuff!
     
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  9. KC8VWM

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    Correlation does not imply causality.
     
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  10. W1YW

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    Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing....when I think of the Sun I see an opaque million degree plasma ball with convective transport and magnetohydrodynamic killer tendrils bigger than the Earth. When I think of the Earth I see a high density iron-nickel ball, with impurities, still cooling from primordial bombardment , formation, and radioactivity. Add an insulating crust to make a crunchy, unstable, and dangerous floating skin, broken in clashing parts.

    The parable of the Garden of Eden is far more palatable!

    Sometimes its better just to go outside, stare at the clouds, and listen to the birds, and not think much farther than you can spit;-)
     
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  11. K8ERV

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    Not to worry, I am going to correct that situation.

    TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo
     
  12. NN2X

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    Very interesting, especially considering you can fit 1 Million earths in the Sun, (And I assume the same for Venus and Jupiter, although Jupiter is larger)

    My point being for such a small mass (Planets, one one millionth of the Sun) how anything could effect a mass that is 1 million times greater in size..

    I am not saying it is not impossible, but the magnitude in difference in mass (Sun verses Planets), it is just hard logically pencil in the correlation

    C U on the bands

    NN2X Tom
     
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  13. KB6DAN

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    Let the Environmentalists play with this and it will Once again it is caused by Human activity on Earth.....
     
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  15. KM4SJN

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    If this is true, wouldn't the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn be more powerful yet?
    Chip KM4SJN
     

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