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To: BenLurkin
Weak in this case refers to the variability, not the average. Other stars work more like a light bulb in a third world country where the brightness varies based on how fast the hamsters are turning the generator.

From the graphs in the article it looks like they show about ten cycles per year, but that could be driven by the sampling rate. So this is week to week changes rather than year to year.

For the Earth, the relation between small changes in solar brightness and temperature is about 1%=0.7°C. Reference: http://www.astronomynotes.com/solarsys/s3c.htm. Temperature is proportional to the 4th root of solar luminosity, so changing from 1.00 to 1.01 times the normal amount results in a factor of 1.0025. Multiply by the Earth's average temperature of 288K (15°C) and you get 288.7K (15.7°C)

16 posted on 05/03/2020 8:01:38 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Parachutes are only anecdotally effective due to the lack of significant double blind testing.)
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19 posted on 05/03/2020 8:23:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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