A COMPOUND THEORY OF PLANETARY MOTION
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ABSTRACT
The motion of planets has long been explained
simply with the law of gravity. This
works well for moons and planets that have been going around for a long
time. It does not explain how the
planets and moons got to their present state.
We have not included the effects of magnetic forces on the motion of
orbiting, rotating bodies. This paper
speculates on the effect magnetic fields may have on orbiting planetary
bodies.
A conductive sphere rotating in a gradient
magnetic field can absorb energy from the magnetic field. The sun and larger planetary bodies have
magnetic fields that extend out into space.
The orbiting planets, or moons, rotate in and orbit their parent
immersed in the spherically gradient magnetic field of the parent. Over time, electrical energy would be
extracted from the magnetic field by rotation and orbital motion. Electric current would be generated in the
inner conductive layers of the body. An
induced magnetic field would be set up around the body. Some of he electric current would be
dissipated in the electrical resistance of the inner conductive layers of the
rotating body. This would cause the rotational speed of the body to slowly decrease,
and the conductive inner layers to heat.
I believe this explains several
effects. The first is planetary
magnetic fields. A conductive sphere
rotating in a magnetic field generates an opposing magnetic field. The Earth spins in the Sun’s magnetic field,
generates electric current within the core, which causes a magnetic field to be
set up around the Earth. The Earth’s
magnetic field then follows closely the characteristics of the Sun’s
field. Our Moon, in turn, rotates and
orbits in the composite field generated by the Sun and the Earth.
Bodies such as our Moon and Mercury show
the same face to the parent all the time.
Over a long time, the magnetic braking would bring small bodies to a
stable point when the rotational and orbital speeds match. At this point, the body would be at rest in
the spherical magnetic field generated by the parent, electrical generation
would cease, the body would cool, and volcanic activity would soon stop.
This may also explain volcanism. There has been plenty of time for the Earth
and other bodies to dissipate their creational thermal energy. The bodies are not gaining enough heat from
the Sun or other natural radiation sources to account for the inner core temperatures
needed for volcanation at this time in their life. And, volcanic heat moves from the inside out. Radiant heat would move from the outside
in.
Most of the bodies around the Sun lie
roughly in one plane, and their orbits are very nearly circular. A body orbiting a parent with a magnetic
field would be pushed around by the magnetic field if the axis of its orbit
were not parallel to the axis of the parent’s magnetic field. It would also be pushed around if the orbit
were not circular. The combination
effect of the magnetic interaction, gravitational force, and gyroscopic action,
then, would be to circularize the orbits of the planets and bring them into a
common plane perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field. There are exceptions, such as Pluto, but
these may be bodies captured later in the life of the Solar system whose orbits
haven’t had as much time to regress.
Note, too, that gravity, magnetic
attraction and repulsion, and gyroscopic action are adiabatic. The basic energy of the planet should remain
constant. The only lossy part is the
resistive heating of the core. The
rotational and orbital energy in the final, stable circular orbit will be
almost identical to the initial kinetic and potential energy the body held when
captured by the parent.
The converse of this is also true. Although the Sun’s magnetic field dominates,
the rotating, orbiting planets would have a stabilizing effect on its magnetic
field. The magnetic field of the Sun,
planets, and moons then becomes more the magnetic field of the complete solar
system. Disruptions would occur when a rapidly rotating, distant body moved
through the Solar system. Note, too,
that our galaxy is nearly circular and planar.
There may be a galactic magnetic field that would be very weak due to
the distances.
This two-part model may better explain
not only the present motion of the orbiting bodies, but also how the bodies
came together to their present orderly structure.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
MARK P. GRIMES is a Systems Engineer for
the Phantom Works division of The Boeing Company. He has A BS in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University
(1981) and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from The University of Missouri,
Rolla (2004). His business interests
include instrumentation radar, plasma sciences, magnetohydrodynamic power
generation, active denial technology, and hypersonic vehicles. His personal interests include Amateur
Radio, horseback riding, and tinkering.
He is a member of IEEE and the ARRL and vice president of the Boeing
Employees Amateur Radio Society, Saint Louis.
His email address is <wa0top(a symbol goes here)qsl.net>.