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Test for planetary influences on solar activity

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A method due to Schuster is used to test the hypothesis that solar activity is influenced by tides raised in the Sun's atmosphere by planets. We calculate the distribution in longtitude of over 1000 flares occurring in a 61/2 yr segment of solar cycle 19, referring the longitude system in turn to the orbital positions of Jupiter and Venus. The resulting distributions show no evidence for a tidal effect.

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  1. Dept. of Physics, University of California, Irvine, Calif., U.S.A.

    L. A. Dingle & G. Van Hoven

  2. Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., U.S.A.

    P. A. Sturrock

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  1. L. A. Dingle
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Dingle, L.A., Van Hoven, G. & Sturrock, P.A. Test for planetary influences on solar activity. Sol Phys 31, 243–246 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00156086

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