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Possible Contribution of the Gravitational Influence of Jupiter and Saturn to the 60-Year Variation in Global Temperature

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The possible relationship between the 60-year variation in global temperature with an amplitude of 0.35°C and the corresponding cycle at the location of Jupiter and Saturn is considered. It was shown that the gravitational perturbation of the Earth’s orbit by Jupiter and Saturn can only account for a global temperature variation of only 0.012°C. It is shown that the modulation of the flux of cosmic dust entering the Earth’s atmosphere by the gravitational field of Jupiter and Saturn is a more promising mechanism for the transmission of the influence of giant planets on the Earth’s climate. In order for the global temperature to experience variation with an amplitude of 0.3°C, Jupiter and Saturn must provide a variation in the flux of extraterrestrial matter in the Earth’s atmosphere with an amplitude of 16%. The question of whether these two planets are capable of providing such a variation is of considerable interest for climatology.

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The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, projects nos. 18-02-00583, 19-02-00088.

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Ogurtsov, M.G. Possible Contribution of the Gravitational Influence of Jupiter and Saturn to the 60-Year Variation in Global Temperature. Geomagn. Aeron. 60, 391–395 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793220030135

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