Whilst I agree we may be inline for some minor global cooling during SC24/25 there are several errors that need to be pointed out.
Astromet says:
When the barycenter starts to move into the Sun, then the Sun's magnetic pole begins to flip, and becomes fully flipped when the barycenter has entered into the Sun.
That is the cause of the magnetic reversals of the Sun.
This is incorrect. It may happen occasionally but the solar cycles are definitely not linked to the solar orbit about the solar system barycentre (SSB). I have a paper published which may help those wishing to delve deeper.
www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=36513&#referenceThe 3rd image in the original post on page 1 is from my paper.
I am not sure how any predictions concerning planetary alignments and solar grand minima could be made before 2008 because to my knowledge all planetary predictions before then were incorrect (incl Landscheidt). The green 10 year disordered orbit in the 3rd image is the key to all solar slow downs.
It's a good paper Geoff, however, I am not of the opinion of what you mean since my climate forecast for the arrival of ENSO in 2009-2011 was made in 2006, and based on planetary alignments and the activity of the Sun. As you know, El Nino arrived, on time in mid-2009 and my forecast for La Nina to follow also came about in 2010-2011.
Moreover, I do not forecast what you call 'minor global cooling,' but rather an abrupt and quite significant climate era of global cooling that will begin in late 2017 and last approximately 36 years. The worst of global cooling taking place during the 2020s and 2030s, into the early 2040s.
It will not be a 'minor' climate event, but rather a 'major' one. And, I stand by my climate forecast.
As for comments on the Barycenter,
I would like to remind you and everyone else, that this is not new.
It is well known in Astrometeorology and has been for centuries. It appears that those studying, and or writing on astronomic configurations today seem to *believe* that what they are doing is new, but I continue to remind of the fact that no, it is not new. It only *appears* that way to some.
This relates specifically to epicycles of the planets, and of course, the cycles and conditions of the Sun that directly pertain to geophysical effects (including those of the climate) here, on Earth.
For instance, Claudius Ptolemy and Tycho Brahe (despite misrepresentations to the contrary) did not place Earth at the center of solar system models. Rather, what they did was to apply a fixed point in empty space that they called 'the mean Earth.'
Nicolaus Copernicus did the same with his 'mean Sun,' for instance. However, again, this is NOT new. It is ancient and the applied astrologers were well versed on the mechanical link between solar activity and planetary influence.
Anyone who claims that this is new has surely not studied the history of climate and weather forecasting by astronomic means - applied - over the centuries.
And, as you know the planets do in fact orbit around a barycenter that is not in the center of the Sun, but rather, near to it.
In astronomic forecasting, which I perform, I know that barycentric coordinates are essentially non-rotating coordinates with their origin at the center of mass of two or more bodies. This is basic applied astrology.
And again, it is not new.
Over recent years, it has become more of less a bit popularized among those who have begun to study space weather science, but this is nothing more than applied astrological forecasting and 'it has been around for a long, long time.
It amuses me when all this talk of the barycenter (as well as the Earth's climate) is spoken of by others as if they invented it or something.
Perhaps it is the arrogance of our current ideological/technological age, but even at this juncture, however, in fact, few can actually integrate and apply this knowledge in the real world of forecasting, or predicting, and that is the entire point of Science - the ability to predict.
In the final analysis, that is what it all comes down to.
Anyway, the Barycentre, whose origin stems from the Greek word βαρύ-ς which means 'heavy' and the Greek word κέντρ-ον that means 'center' translates to the point that exists between two objects where they balance one another.
I was studying this as a boy learning astrometeorology, as it is a part of astronomic climate forecasting.
Essentially, to apply in astronomic forecasting, the barycenter is used and known as the center of mass where two or more celestial bodies orbit each other. This is essentially applied astrology and it has been going on for a very long time. It is not new.
Now, as you know, when a moon orbits a planet, or a planet orbits a star, then both bodies are orbiting around a point that is not at the center of the primary, or the larger body.
For instance, the Moon doesn't orbit the *exact* center of the Earth, but rather a point on a line between the center of the Earth and the Moon, that is approximately 1,710 kilometers below the surface of the Earth and 4,661 kilometers from the Earth's center which amounts to about 74 percent of Earth's radius. And of course that is where their respective masses balance.
And that is the point about where the Earth and Moon orbit as they also transit around the Sun.
Now, Geoff, I know for a fact that when the barycenter starts to move into the Sun, that the Sun's magnetic pole begins to flip, and becomes fully flipped when the barycenter has entered into the Sun. I have noted the magnetic reversals of the Sun and applied this to climate forecasts which turned out as I expected. All of this really is Applied Astrology which when forecasting is a kind of relativistic celestial mechanics taking place.
As for my own global cooling forecast which I made years ago, I included my expertise and knowledge of the Sun's angular momentum, future planetary and stellar configurations, including solar perturbations due to interaction with our solar system's Barycentre as well as integrating my knowledge of the heliosphere in relation to the incoming interstellar winds outside of our solar system due to the Sun's approaching quiescent state to arrive at my global cooling forecast.
It will not be a 'minor' event, but rather a major one with worldwide implications, as many cold climate events have been for nations of the globe over the centuries. This coming global cooling climate event that I forecast to arrive in late 2017 will be a significant one.
For those hearing about the barycenter for the first time, there are decent learning materials. Here is a basic one for those interested ->>
self.gutenberg.org/articles/barycentric_coordinates_(astronomy)