ABSTRACT
It is curious that the existing theory of solar system climatology largely depends on sparse information, which only provides scattered knowledge about the climates on other planets. Over the last 50 years, scientists using various instruments, including satellites, have measured the Sun’s output and have found that the Sun’s output has diminished slightly, radiating less heat. We can also look at the 22-year solar cycle, 11 years of an increase and 11 years of declining activity. Planetary research shows that there is enough evidence to show that it is not just the Earth that is going through climate change. Our entire solar system is in a period of a rapid change due to solar activity, the Sun being a long period variable star. The Sun, acting like the central brain of the solar system, orchestrates this change. This issue is now indeed a very challenging one to both scientists and engineers as well as for the Earth’s inhabitants in general. As an interesting example, we may note that on May 19, 2011, both NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and a European Southern Observatory ground-based telescope were able to track the growth of a giant early spring storm in Saturn’s northern hemisphere (Figure 12.1). It was so powerful that it stretched around the entire planet. The rare storm had been wreaking havoc for months and shooting plumes of gas high into the atmosphere of the planet [1].
