Moon approaching conjunct with VENUS and trining Saturn, an emotional time, but Mars conjunct South Node is the spoil. With five planets retrogrades I can only say...The good the bad and ugly.
Saturday, July 14, 2018
The Good the bad and the ugly.
Moon approaching conjunct with VENUS and trining Saturn, an emotional time, but Mars conjunct South Node is the spoil. With five planets retrogrades I can only say...The good the bad and ugly.
Friday, July 13, 2018
4.7R in Iran <--As predicted here
4.7R in S Iran was reported earlier this morning. We also predicted this, as can be seen from the calendar for Iran.
| Magnitude | mb 4.7 |
| Region | SOUTHERN IRAN |
| Date time | 2018-07-13 09:03:22.3 UTC |
| Location | 28.06 N ; 57.28 E |
| Depth | 10 km |
| Distances | 367 km NE of Dubai, United Arab Emirates / pop: 1,138,000 / local time: 13:03:22.3 2018-07-13
138 km NE of Bandar ‘Abbās, Iran, Islamic Republic of / pop: 353,000 / local time: 13:33:22.3 2018-07-13 103 km N of Mīnāb, Iran, Islamic Republic of / pop: 70,800 / local time: 13:33:22.3 2018-07-13 |
4.5R in Crete as Predicted
A 4.5R earthquake has been reported SouthEsat of Crete in Greece, near Ierapetra. fWe have been expecting this from today, as can be seen from the calendar of Greece which peaks tomorrow. (+- one day)
| Magnitude | Mw 4.5 |
| Region | CRETE, GREECE |
| Date time | 2018-07-13 12:42:40.8 UTC |
| Location | 34.89 N ; 26.00 E |
| Depth | 10 km |
| Distances | 399 km SE of Athens, Greece / pop: 730,000 / local time: 15:42:40.8 2018-07-13 92 km SE of Irákleion, Greece / pop: 138,000 / local time: 15:42:40.8 2018-07-13 42 km SE of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece / pop: 10,800 / local time: 15:42:40.8 2018-07-13 17 km S of Makry Gialos, Greece / pop: 4,300 / local time: 15:42:40.8 2018-07-13 |
6.2R in Vanuatu --->As predicted here
There has been a report of a 6.2R earthquake in the region of Vanuatu, 73km North of Isangel.
We have been expecting this today as can be seen by the Vanuatu calendar.
| Magnitude | Mw 6.2 |
| Region | VANUATU |
| Date time | 2018-07-13 09:46:48.8 UTC |
| Location | 18.92 S ; 169.05 E |
| Depth | 167 km |
| Distances | 152 km SE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu / pop: 36,000 / local time: 20:46:48.8 2018-07-13 73 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu / pop: 1,500 / local time: 20:46:48.8 2018-07-13 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Partial solar eclipse of July 13, 2018
This eclipse belongs to Saros 117 and is number 69 of 71 eclipses in the series. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon's ascending node. The Moon moves southward with respect to the node with each succeeding eclipse in the series and gamma decreases.
This is a very deep partial eclipse, NASA's Fred Espenak noted. It has an eclipse magnitude of 0.3365, while Gamma has a value of -1.3542.
The event begins at 01:48 UTC and ends at 04:14 UTC. The instant of greatest eclipse will take place at 03:01 UTC, 0.2 days before the Moon reaches perigee. The Sun will be in the constellation of Gemini.
Partial coverage of the Sun will be visible in parts of southern Australia, such as Melbourne (maximum magnitude of 0.022558) and Geelong (maximum magnitude of 0.031923) in Victoria; Mount Gambier (maximum magnitude of 0.045189) in South Australia, and Hobart (maximum magnitude 0.094527) and Launceston (maximum magnitude 0.072570) in Tasmania.
The eclipse will also be visible in Stewart Island in the far south of New Zealand.
Total lunar eclipse of July 27, 2018
A total lunar eclipse will take place on July 27, from 18:25 to 22:19 UTC. It will be visible throughout most of Europe, Africa, western and central Asia, the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.This will be the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting 1 hour and 43 minutes. From start to finish, the eclipse will last nearly 4 hours.
https://watchers.news/2018/07/12/partial-solar-eclipse-of-july-13-2018/
4.7R near E Coast of Honshu, Japan
A weak 4.6R earthquake has been reported on the East Coast of Honshu, in Japan
| Magnitude | Mw 4.7 |
| Region | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| Date time | 2018-07-12 08:39:25.1 UTC |
| Location | 38.28 N ; 142.09 E |
| Depth | 51 km |
| Distances | 107 km E of Sendai-shi, Japan / pop: 1,038,000 / local time: 17:39:25.1 2018-07-12
71 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan / pop: 118,000 / local time: 17:39:25.1 2018-07-12 |
5.5R in Fiji
A 5.5R earthquake was reported this morning South of Fiji.
| Magnitude | Mw 5.5 |
| Region | SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS |
| Date time | 2018-07-12 06:51:20.9 UTC |
| Location | 23.42 S ; 179.92 W |
| Depth | 544 km |
| Distances | 548 km SW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga / pop: 22,400 / local time: 19:51:20.9 2018-07-12
609 km S of Suva, Fiji / pop: 77,400 / local time: 18:51:20.9 2018-07-12 1365 km SW of Apia, Samoa / pop: 40,500 / local time: 19:51:20.9 2018-07-12 |
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
4.9R and 5.0 R in Hokkaido JAPAN
Two earthquakes have hit Japan today, one 4.9R in Hanshu, and the other in Hokkaida, in Japan. Both are consider low to medium size.
Magnitude
| mb 4.9 | |
| Region | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| Date time | 2018-07-10 05:23:44.5 UTC |
| Location | 36.30 N ; 141.60 E |
| Depth | 30 km |
| Distances | 180 km E of Saitama, Japan / pop: 1,194,000 / local time: 14:23:44.5 2018-07-10 104 km E of Mito-shi, Japan / pop: 247,000 / local time: 14:23:44.5 2018-07-10 90 km E of Ōarai, Japan / pop: 19,400 / local time: 14:23:44.5 2018-07-10 |
Magnitude
| Mw 5.0 | |
| Region | HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION |
| Date time | 2018-07-10 04:55:57.0 UTC |
| Location | 41.63 N ; 142.00 E |
| Depth | 60 km |
| Distances | 168 km S of Sapporo-shi, Japan / pop: 1,884,000 / local time: 13:55:57.0 2018-07-10 138 km NE of Aomori-shi, Japan / pop: 299,000 / local time: 13:55:57.0 2018-07-10 76 km NE of Mutsu, Japan / pop: 49,300 / local time: 13:55:57.0 2018-07-10 |
Today in Earthquake History July 10th
A massive rockslide at the head of Lituya Bay caused water to surge about 530 meters, generating a "gravity wave" that swept out of the bay. A fishing boat anchored in Anchorage Cove was carried in front of the largest wave crest, and those onboard estimated they cleared La Chaussee Spit (at the mouth of Lituya Bay) by 30 meters or more. Two people on another fishing boat disappeared after being caught in the huge wave. The water, estimated to have traveled about 100 miles per hour, swept away a lighthouse and a log cabin - the only manmade objects in the area
- Approximately 12,000 people killed.
Nearly all buildings destroyed by the earthquake and landslides in a zone 60-65 km (37-41 mi) long and 6-8 km (4-5 mi) wide. A huge slide, about 20 km (12 mi) long and 1 km (0.5 mi) wide buried the town of Khait to a depth of about 30 m (100 ft), moving over it at a velocity of about 100 m/sec (225 mi/hr). This and other slides in the Yasman River Valley also buried 20 villages. The death toll is estimated.
See: The Tragedy of Khait: A Natural Disaster in Tajikistan
Monday, July 9, 2018
Today in Earthquake History (9th July )
9th July
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/
M6.2 - Azores Islands, Portugal, 1998
Ten people killed, about 100 injured and 1,000 left homeless on Faial. Some damage on Pico and Terceira. Felt on Corvo and San Jorge.
M7.0 - Sucre, Venezuela, 1997
At least 81 people killed, 522 injured, extensive damage and landslides in the Cariaco-Cumana area. At least 3,000 people were left homeless. Several people injured in the Barcelona-Puerto La Cruz area. Some damage on Isla de Margarita. Power, telephone and water services disrupted on Isla Coche and Isla de Margarita. Felt in much of northeastern Venezuela and as far west as Maracaibo. Felt (V) on Trinidad. Also felt on Tobago.
M4.6 - South Dakota-Minnesota Border, 1975
M7.5 - Valparaiso, Chile, 1971
84 people were killed, 447 injured, and 40,000 made homeless by this earthquake. The earthquake was centered 75 miles northwest of Santiago. Thousands were without electricity, drinking water, or telephones and some communities were isolated by landslides. The port city of Valparaiso was among the hardest hit. In Santiago frightened crowds rushed into the streets. Walls were cracked and water mains ruptured sending water spurting into the streets. The shock was felt as far away as Buenos Aires, Argentina, 650 miles to the east. A 1.2-meter tsunami was observed at Valaparaiso.
Important Future Planetary Alignments
The above is a notable Earth-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn alignment to come on 16th April 2020. This is so rare that it certain not to take place in someones lifetime twice. However the earth here has on ONE side all the heavyweight planets.If we look at this from the earth's point of view the next chart shows the Sun is square Jupiter and Pluto as one of the major aspects of the day.
Above is another important one, on 13th May 2030 where we have Saturn-Mars-Sun-Earth-Jupiter all aligned. Again a rare alignment and here the earth is between the sun and Jupiter, but the Sun is heavily being pulled by Mars and Saturn on the other side. I would dare say significant earthquakes may well occur n or around those dates. A Geostationary view below shows that on the day we have Jupiter opposing the Sun and Mars, Uranus conjunct South Node, Saturn conjunct Black Moon, Chiron Square Pluto being the more significant aspects of the day.
Dozens dead and 1.6 million people evacuated during Japan floods - video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/jul/07/several-dead-16-million-evacuated-japan-floods-video
Earthquake Review for Monday 9th July
A very quiet Monday morning today as evidenced by the low number of earthquakes across the world. It is now about 10:00 UTC and we see only 6 earthquakes over 4 R and only one 5.2R Lets hope it will stay this way. Just a reminder we are approaching Jupiter Station in two days where we will see over 6R event soon after. So quiet before the storm.
Planets Today (9th July)
The discomfort people experience is a result of the distinct planetary positional asymmetry we have above. As you can see here the major alignment today is between Mercury -- Sun -- Uranus. Heliocentrically. At the same time from the Earth's point of view (Geost.) Mercury is SQUARE Jupiter today. However overall we see Mercury Venus Jupiter Earth Mars Saturn, and Pluto ALL being on one side of the SUN, occupying a sector of about 45 degrees. Ooutside this assembly. No wonder we are experiencing extremes from weather to all sorts of other phenomena. Be careful on the roads today, and Be Happy and Stay Safe!
5.5R in Vanuatu as predicted
Late yesterday, (8th July) at 21:04 there was a reported5.5R in the Vanuatu Region. It is notable that we have been expecting it, have you been looking at the given July Calendar for Vanuatu. Have a good day and stay safe!
Magnitude
| Mw 5.5 | |
| Region | VANUATU |
| Date time | 2018-07-08 21:04:36.3 UTC |
| Location | 19.01 S ; 169.50 E |
| Depth | 263 km |
| Distances | 188 km SE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu / pop: 36,000 / local time: 08:04:36.3 2018-07-09 65 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu / pop: 1,500 / local time: 08:04:36.3 2018-07-09 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018
4.4R in North Island of New Zealand
A 4.4 R earthquake was reported this morning in North Island New Zealnd. This came after yesterdays event in the South Island. Our prediction shows a peak for tomorrow, so we are within the danger window period.
| Magnitude | mb 4.4 |
| Region | NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND |
| Date time | 2018-07-08 08:10:22.8 UTC |
| Location | 38.20 S ; 176.40 E |
| Depth | 140 km |
| Distances | 370 km NE of Wellington, New Zealand / pop: 382,000 / local time: 20:10:22.8 2018-07-08 58 km SW of Whakatane, New Zealand / pop: 18,700 / local time: 20:10:22.8 2018-07-08 15 km SE of Rotorua, New Zealand / pop: 66,000 / local time: 20:10:22.8 2018-07-08 |
4.9R in South Island of New Zealand <--As predicted
A fairly strong 4.9R has been reported at 21:36 UTC yesterday in New Zealand's S Island. As can be seen from the calendar we are expecting a strong event on 9th so the window is open from 8th June a few hour off.
| Magnitude | M 4.9 |
| Region | SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND |
| Date time | 2018-07-07 21:36:55.8 UTC |
| Location | 42.61 S ; 172.56 E |
| Depth | 46 km |
| Distances | 235 km SW of Wellington, New Zealand / pop: 382,000 / local time: 09:36:55.8 2018-07-08 103 km N of Christchurch, New Zealand / pop: 364,000 / local time: 09:36:55.8 2018-07-08 63 km N of Amberley, New Zealand / pop: 1,200 / local time: 09:36:55.8 2018-07-08 |
6.1R in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
A powerful 6.1R was reported at 21:33 UTC near Kermadec Islands as shown in the map. This is the second powerful over 6R events globally within 2 days. You just have to see our global calendar and see how good the predictive power of our methods can be. We were expecting an increased activity globally as we have seen it happening.
| Magnitude | Mw 6.1 |
| Region | KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND |
| Date time | 2018-07-07 21:33:48.4 UTC |
| Location | 30.66 S ; 178.07 W |
| Depth | 30 km |
| Distances | 1094 km S of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga / pop: 22,400 / local time: 10:33:48.4 2018-07-08 905 km NE of Whangarei, New Zealand / pop: 50,900 / local time: 09:33:48.4 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018
WATCH: Cats in Japanese cafe scramble for cover during earthquake
Cats running about and jumping to find cover were filmed at the CAT Cafe CATchy in Wakayama prefecture, one of Osaka’s neighbors. Footage from the cafe’s security camera was uploaded on the shop’s YouTube channel and started just a little before tremors began shaking up the place.
A few seconds after the clip starts, some noise caught the cats’ attention. Some of them jumped from their comThe cats then scrambled for safety. Those on the floor found corners and squeezed themselves against it. Others leaped up to the highest place they could find. A few cats in the middle of the room stayed in their perches while being prepared to jump down if needed and then the shaking stopped.
The scenes could be seen as a good example of animal instincts kicking in to warn them of danger. After hearing the noise in the first few seconds of the clip, cats were already on high alert and ready to run from danger.
Meanwhile, these same cats, despite their fairly comfortable accommodations, are currently looking for new homes. CAT Cafe CATchy is one of a growing number of cat cafes in Japan that offer the animals they rescue and take care of for adoption, reports SoraNews24.
Customers who fancy a particular feline need only talk with the staff and have the proper paperwork sorted out.
5.8R in E Coast of Honshu, JAPAN, <--As predicted here
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck off Japan's eastern Chiba prefecture, Japan Meteorological Agency said Saturday.
The temblor, which occurred at 8:23 p.m. local time, was centered off the coast of Chiba prefecture, with the epicenter at a latitude of 35.1 degrees north and a longitude of 140.6 degrees east, and at depth of 50 km.
The earthquake logged lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7 in some areas of Chiba prefecture and could be felt in Tokyo.
So far, no major damage or injuries were reported, and no tsunami warning has been issued.
Residents in part of the Chiba region outside Tokyo reported strong tremors, with some saying the shaking had knocked objects from shelves, but there were no immediate injuries reported.
Public broadcaster NHK said no abnormalities had been detected at nuclear facilities in the region.
A spokesman for Narita airport outside the capital said the quake had forced a brief suspension of operations.
"We temporarily closed the runways but resumed operation after confirming there was no damage. The quake was fairly strong but there was no panic at the airport," he told AFP.
The quake comes several weeks after a deadly tremor rocked the Osaka region, killing five people and injuring over 350.
We have been waiting for this earthquake as you can see for the already published Japan calendar of suspect days, see also below. (Date 7th June)
Magnitude
| Mw 5.8 | |
| Region | NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| Date time | 2018-07-07 11:23:49.3 UTC |
| Location | 35.08 N ; 140.59 E |
| Depth | 40 km |
| Distances | 93 km SE of Kawasaki, Japan / pop: 1,307,000 / local time: 20:23:49.3 2018-07-07 27 km SE of Ōhara, Japan / pop: 20,300 / local time: 20:23:49.3 2018-07-07 |
Friday, July 6, 2018
Spotless Sun
The sun is without any spots today, and it seems we have had no spots for more than a week!
In mid-February 2018, solar activity was as low as 2007 levels, which was one year before that solar minimum began. That’s why solar physicists now project that the Solar Cycle 24 minimum leading up to Solar Cycle 25 will begin a year from now in the spring of 2019.
Some solar physicists have even placed bets about whether low energy Solar Cycle 24 will keep extending into Solar Cycles 25 to 26 ending up in a Maunder Minimum of 1645 to 1715, when our Sun was blank without sunspots most of the time and coincided with a Little Ice Age.
Why would lack of sunspots cause Earth to get colder? Sunspots result from magnetic activity inside the Sun. Paradoxically, as spots on the Sun get darker and cooler, the areas around sunspots brighten up. So the more sunspots, the more solar energy reaches Earth. But why would we have a Maunder Minimum now in the 21st Century?
A couple of years ago in the summer of 2015, the Royal Astronomical Society had Professor Valentina Zharkova speak about her computer solar cycle model that analyzes magnetic wave components in our Sun. She discovered the waves appear in pairs at two different layers of the Sun’s interior.She explained, “They both have a frequency of approximately 11 years, although this frequency is slightly different, and they are offset in time. Over the cycle, the waves fluctuate between the northern and southern hemispheres of the Sun. When you combine both waves together and compare to real data for the current solar cycle, we found that our predictions showed an accuracy of 97%.”
Projecting their data to the next Solar Cycle 25, which is supposed to peak in 2022, the two waves will become exactly out of sync, countering each other, and that is expected to significantly reduce sunspots and solar activity.
Then the projection for Solar Cycle 26 is that “the two waves will exactly mirror each other, peaking at the same time, but in opposite hemispheres of the Sun. Their interaction will be disruptive, or they will nearly cancel each other out. We predict that this will lead to the properties of a Maunder Minimum. When there is full phase separation, we have the conditions last seen only during the Maunder minimum some 370 years ago.”
Our Sun Was Blank 25% of 2017 — Dangerous Increase in Cosmic Rays
In 2017, the sun was completely blank 25% of the year as that Solar Cycle 24 was historically weak with probably the lowest number of sunspots since 112 years ago in the Solar Cycle 14 of 1906. Current 2018 computer models project that from the upcoming Solar Cycle 24 minimum out to Solar Cycle 26 expected to start around 2030, the Sun’s solar output could be even weaker, taking the Sun down to a level of weak solar output not seen since the cold years of the Dalton Minimum in 1790 to 1830, and maybe even the Maunder Minimum that European scientists linked to the Little Ice Age. Others have argued that the huge 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia might have caused Earth cooling.
Weakening Magnetic Fields Means More Dangerous Cosmic Rays Reach Earth
Last month on February 22nd, 2018, the Space Weather Journal published an “Update on the worsening particle radiation environment now observed and implications for future human deep-space exploration.” The lead author is Nathan Schwadron, Ph.D., a physicist in the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center who also does work for the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. He warns in his new research that cosmic rays in the Earth-Moon system have been peaking at levels never seen before in the modern Space Age. The increasing cosmic rays can hurt astronauts.
Professor Schwadron writes: “Over the last decade, the solar wind has exhibited low densities and magnetic field strengths, representing anomalous states that have never been observed during the Space Age. As a result of this remarkably weak solar activity, we have also observed the highest fluxes of cosmic rays.”
NASA has limits about how much cosmic radiation is safe for astronauts. But with the declining sunspots as we move toward Solar Cycle Minimum 24, if solar activity continues to decrease, Prof. Schwadron and his colleagues report that a leading computer model of solar activity to predict how bad cosmic rays would become during the next Solar Cycle 24 Minimum, now expected in 2019-2020, suggests a 20% increase of dose rates from one solar minimum to the next. In fact, we now see that actual dose rates observed in the last 4 years exceed the predictions by ~ 10%, showing that the radiation environment is worsening even more rapidly than we expected.”
Protecting astronauts from cosmic radiation is one of the key challenges facing future missions to Mars. NASA is even considering the use of drugs on Martian crews that will alter the DNA code of those people. The goal would be to alter those human bodies in such a way that the altered DNA would repair any damage sustained from cosmic rays that could cause cancer and other diseases.NASA Spaceweather reports: “Cosmic rays also penetrate commercial airlines, dosing passengers and flight crews so much that pilots are classified by the International Commission on Radiological Protection as occupational radiation workers. Some research shows that cosmic rays can seed clouds and trigger lightning, potentially altering weather and climate. Furthermore, there are studies that link cosmic rays to cardiac arrhythmias in the general population.”
Bottom line: if our Sun is headed for a lot more blank days without sunspots, for certain cosmic rays will intensify even more in the years ahead as it evolves toward what could be the deepest Solar Minimum in more than a century.
Moon's Phase Today
5th July: Sun trine Jupiter, Mercury opposition Mars, Saturn square Moon, Moon conjunct Chiron
6th July 2018: MOON SQUARE SUN, Jupiter at max North declination
Lunar cycles are varied and extremely complex and yet the moon has more effect on the earth than any other body except the Sun. Not only are ocean tides important in shaping the earth, and are affected more by the moon than the Sun, but tides in the air are important for determining the weather which in turn affects so many other variables from plants and crops, to animals and the economy.
The simplest cycle of the moon is the daily rising and setting which gets later each day by about 49 minutes and this is the major component of tides which occur twice per day. Therefore tides move through each hour of the day twice in every 29.53 day lunar phase cycle.
In modern times many countries keep a solar calendar that arbitrarily fixes the year at 12 months, but in fact there are 12.368 months in a year and so calendars that use lunar months must insert an extra month about every 2.72 years. This 2.72 year cycle brings lunar phases back to the same time of the year, but because 2.72 is not near an integer it only does so approximately and more similar lunar phases at the same time of year occur after 8, 11 or 19 years.
The word “month” may be used to mean many different things, with the calendar month of over 30 days being the only one not related to the moon. The phases repeat in 29.53 days while relative to the stars the moon goes around the earth in 27.32 days.
Things would be simple enough if that were all the variations, but the moon’s orbit is tilted 5 degrees to the ecliptic and precesses in a cycle of 18.6 years so that the moon’s orbital tilt to the earth’s axis varies from 18 to 28 degrees over this period. This variation is important for tidal effects because when the moon is above a higher latitude on earth the once per day tidal component becomes stronger relative to the twice per day component especially at high latitudes.
Because of this wobble of the moon’s orbit, there is another month called the nodical month which is 27.21 days, being the time between crossing the earth’s equator going in the same direction.
One last major variation is the rotation of the long axis of the ellipse within the wobbling orbital plane. This takes 8.85 years to travel around the earth, or 6 years relative to the wobbling plane.
The returns of the moon to the closest point to the earth is another month, called the anomalistic month which is 27.55 days long.
Because two 8.85 year anomaly cycles makes 17.7 years and this is a bit less than the 18.6 year nodal cycles, there is a gradual drift between these two interacting which only repeats after 180 years or 90 years if the two nodes are regarded as equivalent.
As was mentioned the 18.6 year cycle is important in determining the weather as is half of this, or 9.3 years. These cycles can be found in crop yields and in geological formations. However the moon is gradually receding from the earth which changes all of these periods very slowly. Professor Afanasiev of Moscow University has designed a method that he calls “Nanocycles method” of very accurately dating geological formations by finding the period which is presently 9.3 years and its interaction with the seasons. The 9.3 year cycle comes at the same time of year on average every
31 years because 9.3/.3 = 31. The nearest repeat of the seasons will actually happen after 28 years 2/3 of the time and 37 years 1/3 of the time. However this 31 years cyle of seasonal interaction of the is very sensitive to small changes because when the cycle was 9.2 years the interaction was in 9.2/.2 = 46 years. Professor Afanasiev has used this to accurately date deposits and so determine other geological cycles very accurately.
31 years because 9.3/.3 = 31. The nearest repeat of the seasons will actually happen after 28 years 2/3 of the time and 37 years 1/3 of the time. However this 31 years cyle of seasonal interaction of the is very sensitive to small changes because when the cycle was 9.2 years the interaction was in 9.2/.2 = 46 years. Professor Afanasiev has used this to accurately date deposits and so determine other geological cycles very accurately.
Eclipses depend on three things coming together at the same longitude, the Sun, the moon and the moon’s node (either one). For a lunar eclipse the moon is opposite the Sun while for a solar eclipse it is on the same side. Because the different months have to come together there are certain intervals after which eclipses tend to repeat. This repetition happens after 18.03 years and is called the Saros cycle.