by nick c » Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:04 pm
The theory is that the Earth was once a satellite of a Brown Dwarf star. The arrangement was one in which all the members of that system had their polar axes aligned such that the Brown Dwarf star appeared stationary at the Earth's north celestial pole/ axis of rotation. Someone once termed it a "shish ka bob".
Wal Thornhill thought that the polar configuration was probably a temporary (that could mean lasting centuries) condition while the Brown Dwarf entered the Solar System. Cardona, I think? thought that the system was in the polar configuration while in interstellar space, before capture by the Sun.
Certainly there should be something in the observable universe that could indicate that such an arrangement is a possibility. Finding a Brown Dwarf with satellites in the shish ka bob arrangement is not an easy task. Extra solar planets are not easy to observe, and in fact can only be inferred to exist with current methods. Also, Brown Dwarfs are small, relatively dark, and difficult to find - even though they are probably more common than stars like the Sun.
Since the polar configuration as theorized, is a plasma phenomenon and plasma processes can be scaled up, we should find some of these polar formations on a larger scale, and indeed they are quite common.
-Polar Jets are common, and are emitted by celestial objects from galaxies down to brown dwarf stars. Brown Dwarfs have been observed to emit polar jets:
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2007/05 ... ting-jets/
-Herbig-Haro objects: "Herbig–Haro objects are commonly found in star-forming regions, and several are often seen around a single star, aligned with its rotational axis." (Wikipedia)
herbig haro HH 111.jpg
-Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: Wal Thornhill proposed that the polar configuration occurred when the Brown Dwarf (proto Saturn) was captured by the Sun and as it entered this solar system; its satellites were stretched out in a linear (polar) configuration. In 1994 Comet SL 9 entered the Jovian system and as it approached Jupiter its pieces lined up in just such a shish ka bob formation. Thornhill suggested that the proposed Saturn theory capture by the Sun, was an analogous process but on a slightly larger scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Sho ... -05-17.png
The theory is that the Earth was once a satellite of a Brown Dwarf star. The arrangement was one in which all the members of that system had their polar axes aligned such that the Brown Dwarf star appeared stationary at the Earth's north celestial pole/ axis of rotation. Someone once termed it a "shish ka bob".
Wal Thornhill thought that the polar configuration was probably a temporary (that could mean lasting centuries) condition while the Brown Dwarf entered the Solar System. Cardona, I think? thought that the system was in the polar configuration while in interstellar space, before capture by the Sun.
Certainly there should be something in the observable universe that could indicate that such an arrangement is a possibility. Finding a Brown Dwarf with satellites in the shish ka bob arrangement is not an easy task. Extra solar planets are not easy to observe, and in fact can only be inferred to exist with current methods. Also, Brown Dwarfs are small, relatively dark, and difficult to find - even though they are probably more common than stars like the Sun.
Since the polar configuration as theorized, is a plasma phenomenon and plasma processes can be scaled up, we should find some of these polar formations on a larger scale, and indeed they are quite common.
-Polar Jets are common, and are emitted by celestial objects from galaxies down to brown dwarf stars. Brown Dwarfs have been observed to emit polar jets:
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2007/05/25/brown-dwarf-emitting-jets/
-Herbig-Haro objects: "Herbig–Haro objects are commonly found in star-forming regions, and several are often seen around a single star, aligned with its rotational axis." (Wikipedia) [attachment=0]herbig haro HH 111.jpg[/attachment]
-Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: Wal Thornhill proposed that the polar configuration occurred when the Brown Dwarf (proto Saturn) was captured by the Sun and as it entered this solar system; its satellites were stretched out in a linear (polar) configuration. In 1994 Comet SL 9 entered the Jovian system and as it approached Jupiter its pieces lined up in just such a shish ka bob formation. Thornhill suggested that the proposed Saturn theory capture by the Sun, was an analogous process but on a slightly larger scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker%E2%80%93Levy_9#/media/File:Shoemaker-Levy_9_on_1994-05-17.png