Planets have been discovered when light from a selected star is observed and analyzed methodically. In many cases within these solar systems, we learn about each planet’s mass, orbital period, and atmospheric composition.
In studying over a dozen known solar systems, their planets are found at ever increasing distances from their parent star—while the rate of increase at the size of the orbit follows a simple exponential function. Although, each system examined has a slightly different rate of exponential growth.
Consider the potential of a force-free, counter rotating plasma around a Birkeland current. When an electric current flows through a plasma, the plasma rotates in shells. Could a naturally occurring rotating plasma shell around an electric force correspond to planet locations—and clarify the physics of solar system formation?
Astrophysicist Michael Clarage, PhD, ponders planet behavior in nearby solar systems and evokes Hannes Alfvén’s contention that gravitational systems are the ashes of prior electrical systems.
