Mechanics of Planetary Motion
 The 'solar maelstrom'
The common notion of the mechanism behind the planetary orbits is that the centripetal force due to their motion around the sun is predominantly balanced by the combined gravitational attraction of their mass and that of the sun's. It is likely that this is not entirely the case in terms of planets but more true for moons and satellites which fall within the more dominant gravitational sphere of influence. The motion of planets in solar systems and the stars that make up galaxies have a natural order to their motion. They travel in more or less the same plane, with the same direction of rotation about a common axis. The reason for this, is that there is an energy flow or solar maelstrom assisting the mechanics of the respective orbital paths. I suggest that if the earth was moving round the sun with exactly the same seed in the same plane but in the opposite direction contrary to this natural order then our orbital path would not mirror our current orbit. The experiment Quite easy. Set up two satellites in orbit round the sun midway between say Mars and the Earth, one going one way and the other going the other way at the same speed and, obviously, in the planetary plane. Then wait and see what happens. If after their 'year' they cross paths at exactly the same point that they started and go round again following the same route then the theory is disproved. The belief is that the satellite going in the opposite direction would slow down slightly and move closer towards the sun. Being even more adventurous, you could have an additional two satellites but going at right angles to the planetary plane all with identical speeds. According to present day thinking, they should all cross each other simultaneously and close to each other. The concept of Motional Energy as the dominant factor in determining, for want of a better description, 'space curvature' dictates that the satellites will be out of phase. The satellites orbiting at a right angles to the planetary plane will precess round the sun. If you extrapolated this effect, probably almost forever, one of these satellites would end up orbiting in line with the planetary orbits. |
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