Just got to thinking again about the helical motion of the planets in our solar system as the Solar system orbits the Milky Way. Tidal pumping opens up earth’s tectonic plates to release seismic heat into the waters of the sub-equatorial South Pacific to drive the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

Think of the Solar System as a football and the Milky Way as the quarterback.
The Milky Way grabs the football and sets up to throw. The very tip of the football (the Solar System) is the Sun. Your eyes look down the field and you don’t even think of the Sun. Your pinkie finger is closest to the Sun. The other planets (your larger fingers), especially the gas giants, are further back.

The quarterback (Milky Way) has a cannon for an arm. He throws that football (Solar System) at 70,000 km/hr (43,500 mph).

The Milky Way sets up and looks downfield to see his primary receiver and secondary receiver. The primary receiver is a star and usually gets the tightest coverage. Stresses build as the receiver and cornerback struggle and the tectonic stresses build due to Tidal Pumping. The quarterback must wait for the receiver to get clear of the coverage. Stresses build.

Finally, the receiver breaks free (Tonga Hunga eruption Jan. 15, 2022 in the Southwest Pacific) and the quarterback rifles the ball for a reception ( end of the La Niña).

Next sequence of downs, the quarterback sets up and throws to the opposite side. The drive continues. (El Niño).

Of course, these passing routes are close in the flats, with bullet passes. No wobble.

Then the quarterback sets up for the long ball. The ball is accurately thrown but wobbles a bit. In a long ball the quarterback must hold the ball a little tighter with his forefinger and thumb (gas giants) near the end of the solar system. Ergo, at the rear end of the the football (Solar System) it wobbles a bit more. Therefore, at the distant gas giants, they wander outside of the ecliptic, the plane of the orbits for the inner planets.

Now, at half-time, go take a pee and get a Bud Lite.