Cassiopaean Chronology/Cosmology

Another potential addition could be that the companion star may have made its closest approach to the inner solar system during the Maunder Minimum, as discussed here. Though this has not been confirmed by the C's, I think.
FWIW, from August 2003:


(Galahad) We recently pulled together some info on the Maunder Minimum. Are we correct in the direction we are taking on that?

A: We wondered how long it would take you to figure that one out.

I was telling Laura that I can't see how the Maunder Minimum could have been caused otherwise. I think her original theory still stands. Considering the madness of the 17th century: dozens of comets in the sky, other than Halley, described as "giant", "terrifying", "shining as bright as the sun at midday". Yet, the Maunder Minimum was there:


fireshot-capture-254-pdf-historical-sunspot-records-www-researchgate-net-png.112653


17th Century was "Roundheads and Cavaliers", English Civil War, witch hunting, the Black Death, 30 years war, etc.

We're revisiting this subject.
 

Trending content

Back
Top Bottom