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Planetary cores, their energy flux relationship, and its implications
- Source :
- Planetary and Space Science. 151:125-129
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Integrated surface heat flux data from each planet in our solar system plus over 50 stars, including our Sun, was plotted against each object's known mass to generate a continuous exponential curve at an R-squared value of 0.99. The unexpected yet undeniable implication of this study is that all planets and celestial objects have a similar mode of energy production. It is widely accepted that proton-proton reactions require hydrogen gas at temperatures of about 15 million degrees, neither of which can plausibly exist inside a terrestrial planet. Hence, this paper proposes a nuclear fission mechanism for all luminous celestial objects, and uses this mechanism to further suggest a developmental narrative for all celestial bodies, including our Sun. This narrative was deduced from an exponential curve drawn adjacent to the first and passing through the Earth's solid core (as a known prototype). This trend line was used to predict the core masses for each planet as a function of its luminosity.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Solar System
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
biology
Mode (statistics)
Astronomy
Energy flux
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Venus
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
biology.organism_classification
01 natural sciences
Luminosity
Stars
Space and Planetary Science
Planet
Physics::Space Physics
Terrestrial planet
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00320633
- Volume :
- 151
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Planetary and Space Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8dc6116dcfb3db394f6117c44ad2de99