Jupiter effect

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In 1974, John Gribbin and Stephen Plagemann published The Jupiter Effect, a book predicting that an alignment of the planets would create a number of catastrophes, including a great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in 1982. The predicted catastrophes did not occur, as the gravitational effect of the other planets on the Earth's crust is minimal even at their closest approach. In his 1999 book "The Little Book of Science," Dr. Gribbin said of his theory "...I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it."

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