Franz Heeke: Sun's Motion and Sunspot Cycles

Figure 1: Path of sun's center about the center of mass of the solar system, from 1968 to 2013

  

Source: Paul D. Jose: Sun's motion and sunspots - The Astronomical Journal. Vol 70, Nr. 3 (1965) - Markings: Heeke.


Table 1: Sun's motion over time - The numbers along the curve of Figure 1 refer to following dates:


 1.   1977-02-26

  6.  1988-02-09

  9.  1994-09-05

12.  2001-04-01

15.  2007-10-26

 3.  1981-07-15

  7.  1990-04-19

10.  1996-11-13

13.  2003-06-09

16.  2010-01-04

 5.   1985-12-01

  8.  1992-06-27

11.  1999-01-22

14.  2005-08-18

17.  2012-03-13

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Figure 1-1 and 1-2: Path of sun's center about the center of mass of the solar system
from about 1648 to 1680 (Maunder Minimum) and from 2005 to 2037

 

Source: I. Charvátová:  Can origin of the 2400-year cycle of solar activity be caused by solar inertial motion? Ann. Geophysicae 18. 399-405 (2000)  and Jose (as above). Text and marking: Heeke

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