Abstract
Cosmic processes are processes that result from the movement of cosmic bodies with respect to each other or changes that take place within a cosmic body. Among the vast variety of cosmic bodies, the Sun and Moon (in addition to Earth) are most important to humanity. Alternation of day and night is caused by the Earth’s rotation about its axis; monthly and weekly rhythms result from the Moon’s circuit of the Earth. The changes of the seasons are related to the Earth’s circuit of the Sun (and the inclination of the Earth’s axis), while alternation of good and bad years is related to solar activity. It is responsible for three more kinds of rhythm: 11-, 22- to 23-, and 80- to 90-year periods. Because, in addition, there are gravitational couplings between planets, movement of comets, and many other interactions, the number of cosmic rhythms may be considerable. It is plain that all of them, one way or another, have effects on nature (both animate and inanimate) and humans. In principle, the whole lifetime of nature and humans is determined, to a greater or lesser degree, by cosmic processes. In this chapter, those processes that have the greatest influence on human activities are considered.
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Govorushko, S.M. (2012). Cosmic Processes. In: Natural Processes and Human Impacts. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1424-3_7
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