There is something to this. The effect might be linked to magnetism rather than gravity.
This is full-blown crackpottery. If you’re down to throwing this kind of stuff up against the global warming juggernaut, you’re finished.
There is, but the effect you’re thinking of - if I’m guessing your thought right! - is the influence of the sun’s magnetic field/solar wind on the earth’s climate.
Greater solar wind -> greater magnetic flux around earth -> more shielding of the earth from cosmic radiation -> less cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere -> fewer clouds -> greater solar (visible & IR & UV) insolation -> more heat buildup in the earth’s atmosphere & ground -> hotter temperatures.
But, while this explains the earth’s changes in temperature, it doesn’t explain WHY the sun’s magnetic fields change periodically.
THIS article tries to summarize the reason for the change in sun’s magnetic fields/solar storms/solar flares by crediting Jupiter and Saturn’s gravitational pull on the “triangle” of the sun + Jupiter + Saturn. If the center of gravity of the three (plus the smaller/closer planets) ISN’T at the center of the sun’s magnetic “sphere” then the sun’s rotating magnetic field will be distorted by eccentric gravitational forces every solar “day” (8 hours ??) and is likely to be distorted far into space.
I would agree. The article made a lot of sense...
Now, I would hate to think what things would be like if Juptier was on the opposite side the sun? I say let it be! I’m gettin old and don’t like the winters too much any more as it is now!!