September 30, 2020
Evidence for past Solar System alignment?
Comets are among the best sources for data about the electric Universe. Many articles and video presentations discuss hot comets, as opposed to the “dirty snowball” hypothesis. Comets are rocky, sandy, and dry. They are not frozen denizens from deep space that are occasionally “nudged” by passing stars or gravitational density waves until they fall into the Sun’s influence.
According to a recent press release, astronomers report that a study of comet motions “…indicates that the Solar System has a second alignment plane”. The discovery has forced astronomers to speculate that some asteroids are actually “dirty snowballs in disguise”.
In the standard view of asteroids, they are composed of dust, rock, and metal and occupy a zone between Mars and Jupiter. In contrast, comets are thought to arrive from deep space, most coming from the “Oort Cloud” at the farthest reaches of the Solar System. The Oort Cloud is said to be a remnant of the Solar System’s formation, where all the “left overs” from planetary consolidation wound up.
As reported in previous Pictures of the Day, many asteroids manifest a coma and a tail, just like comets, when they reach their perihelion. The asteroid Chiron, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, was seen to develop a coma and tail between 1988 and 1989. It is now officially classified as both an asteroid and a comet.
The announcement from the National Analytical Observatory of Japan shows that the alignment of long period comets indicates another orbital plane within the Solar System that is different from the one along which the planets move.
Arika Higuchi, an assistant professor at the University of Occupational and Environmental Health in Japan showed that when gravity from the Milky Way is taken into account (among other factors), “…the aphelia of long-period comets tend to collect around two planes. First the well-known ecliptic, but also a second ’empty ecliptic’. The ecliptic is inclined with respect to the disk of the Milky Way by about 60 degrees.”
In the electric view, there is little difference between a comet and an asteroid, apart from orbital parameters. Comets are not primordial objects formed by accretion. The simplest explanation is often the best: asteroids, comets and meteorites were all created from interplanetary electrical events. Their distinctive orbital groupings and spectral features simply point to separate events, and the involvement of different planetary bodies.
Stephen Smith
The Thunderbolts Picture of the Day is generously supported by the Mainwaring Archive Foundation.
