May 10, 2018 03:54 AM
https://gizmodo.com/are-jupiter-and-venu...1825858316
EXCERPT: . . . Earth’s orbit sometimes experiences a slight jolt, thanks to the combined gravitational influence of Jupiter and Venus. Incredibly, this cycle has been going on for at least 215 million years—and one scientist suggests it could possibly have influenced the trajectory of life on this planet [...] Jupiter and Venus elongate Earth’s orbit to a tiny but measurable degree every 405,000 years, explained Dennis V. Kent [...] The climate cycles are directly related to how the Earth orbits the sun and slight variations in sunlight reaching Earth lead to climate and ecological changes,” said Kent in a statement. [...] “Scientists can now link changes in the climate, environment, dinosaurs, mammals and fossils around the world to this... cycle in a very precise way.”
MORE: https://gizmodo.com/are-jupiter-and-venu...1825858316
EXCERPT: . . . Earth’s orbit sometimes experiences a slight jolt, thanks to the combined gravitational influence of Jupiter and Venus. Incredibly, this cycle has been going on for at least 215 million years—and one scientist suggests it could possibly have influenced the trajectory of life on this planet [...] Jupiter and Venus elongate Earth’s orbit to a tiny but measurable degree every 405,000 years, explained Dennis V. Kent [...] The climate cycles are directly related to how the Earth orbits the sun and slight variations in sunlight reaching Earth lead to climate and ecological changes,” said Kent in a statement. [...] “Scientists can now link changes in the climate, environment, dinosaurs, mammals and fossils around the world to this... cycle in a very precise way.”
MORE: https://gizmodo.com/are-jupiter-and-venu...1825858316