People,
Here are some interesting comments by Joseph H.Cater in this
regard, from his book The Ultimate Reality, Chapter 15:
"Another factor that would help resolve any paradox that might develop
in regard to the outer planets is that there is overwhelming evidence
our sun is binary, as most stars happen to be. The earth moon system
is in such an orbit that our visible sun is always between us and its
twin. The other planets in the solar system would then be exposed to
the entire binary. Some of the more intelligent members of the
scientific community have long suspected that our sun is a binary.
The other planets seem to be much brighter than they should be, on
the assumption that our visible sun is the only one in the solar
system. Also, the solar prominences and outbursts seen during total
eclipses seem much to violent to be coming from just the sun we are
aware of. Other strong evidence is the case of Mars. The great polar
caps melt during the summer months and patches of green advance
toward the equator. This shows vegetation. This means that the
temperature in the polar regions gets well above the melting point at
times. If our sun were not a binary, the temperature on Mars would
never rise above subzero temperatures at any time or place on its
surface.
Assume that Mars is 1.3 times as far from the sun as the earth is.
This is much closer than the distance claimed by the astronomers.
This means that Mars would receive only 1/1.32, or 59 percent of the
heat from the sun, that we do. The highest temperature recorded on
the earth is about 135° F or 64.3° C or 337.3° absolute. On this
assumption, the temperature on Mars should never rise above .59
(337.3) degrees absolute or 199 degrees. This is 74 degrees
centigrade below freezing or 101.2° F! Even if Mars were only 1.2
times as far from the sun as the earth, its temperature at any place
on the surface would never rise above 38° F! These calculations are
based on the principle that the heat content of a body is directly
proportional to its absolute temperature. A picture sent back from
Mars on June 7, 1979 by Orbiter 1 shows a landscape covered with
snow. The snow had obviously drifted in places, which belied
statements that we were only observing extremely thin coatings of ice
on the rocks and soil: It was admitted that a similar coating, one
Martian year previous to this, was observed and that it lasted 100
days. This had to have been taken during the late winter or early
spring on that portion of Mars. It is extremely significant that it
melted before the summer months. It is apparent from his that the
temperatures on Mars are about the same as those on earth. This can
only be accounted for if it were based on the conclusion that our sun
is a binary."