The Moon
fingered the lunar synodic period (29.5 days). It is
possible, therefore, that the moon somehow controls
solar corpuscular radiation streaming toward the earth.
A mechanism for this is still undetermined at this time.
Solar Sectors
Solar sectors, and the geometry of the solar magnetic
field, are important areas of research. The solar wind is
plasma of charged particles endlessly being ejected
from the surface of the sun. These particles tend to
concentrate in the plane of the ecliptic. All of the planets
are within the aura, or atmosphere, of the sun, and thus
also that of the solar wind. Each charged particle moves
away from the sun in a straight line; however, since the
sun itself is rotating, these particle streams get bent into
a spiral of the type made famous by Archimedes; in
addition, the plasma contains a frozen-in magnetic
region constituting the sun's magnetic field, and this