John Gribbin & Stephen Plagemann – The Jupiter Effect

Jupiter effect by John Glibin and Steven Prageman

A best-selling book by Dr. John Gryvin and Steven Prageman (Pub 1974) who predicted that the alignment of planets in the solar system would create many catastrophes, including a major earthquake on the San Andreas Fault on March 10, 1982.

Astronomers have long recognized that there would be an alignment of planets on that day when Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto are on the same side of the Sun within a 95-degree wide arc. was doing. However, even if the other planets are closest to the earth, the effect of gravity on the earth’s crust is so small that the effect cannot be expected. In order to partially avoid such objections, this book considers the relationship between the sun’s position and the effect on the solar wind, which is known to affect the weather on Earth. Atmospheric conditions on Earth can change its speed of rotation. The impact on the sun would also be very small, though, and in fact there was no incident and there was even closer alignment at year 1128.

The high tide was calculated to be about 40 micrometers higher than usual, partly due to the effects of the aforementioned planets. In April 1982, Gribbin and Plagemann published the underselling book, The Jupiter Effect Reconsidered. In it, they theorized that, despite the lack of planetary alignment at that time, the effect actually took place in 1980, and that it caused a volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens.

In his book, The Little Book of Science (pub. 1999), Glibin said of his “Jupiter effect” theory, “… I don’t like it, I’ve never had anything to do with it. I regret that it happened. ”