Solar flares/flattened sun and Companion Brown Star

[Aaron r]

The Sott news pieces:

"Ulysses Reveals Global Solar Wind Plasma Output At 50-Year Low" by Dwayne Brown, DC Agle NASA Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:01 UTC

"Sun Is Not A Perfect Sphere, NASA Spacecraft Finds" Science Daily Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:41 UTC


and C's quote

Binary Stars: Does our Sun have a Dark Companion?
July 11, 1998
Q: (T) As the brown dwarf approaches, will it intensify the solar flare activity?
A: The effect on the physical orientation of the sun from the periodic passage of its companion is to flatten the sphere slightly. This returns to its original spherical shape with the retreat.
Q: (L) Is this flattening of the sphere of the sun going to have any noticeable effects in terms of enhanced, accelerated, or magnified radiation from the sun? 
A: No. 
Q: (T) Solar flares or anything like that?
A: No.
Q: (T) So there is not going to be any appreciable effect on the planet from this as far as the sun goes?
A: The sun's gravity increases, thus inhibiting flares.

Kind of interesting.


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[morgaine]

This is also what I immediately thought of when I read the same article!
I don't have any other information, besides the plan to look more into news and resources about the Brown Star (Nibiru? Niburu?) and if anyone else has information upon it's approach.

Thank you for starting this thread!

 

[Color]

The Sott news pieces:

"Ulysses Reveals Global Solar Wind Plasma Output At 50-Year Low" by Dwayne Brown, DC Agle NASA Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:01 UTC

"Sun Is Not A Perfect Sphere, NASA Spacecraft Finds" Science Daily Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:41 UTC

another good one:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/166978-Sun-Warms-and-Cools-the-Earth

;)