So where does the Maunder Minimum fit into all this? Why was there a period of about 70 years (1645-1715) where there were practically no sunspots and no aurorae while the Sun continued to loop about the Solar System barycenter?

What we have here is yet another astrology and numerology thread. Move on. Nothing to see here.

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