2. Source: Wikipedia
The present Solar System we call home is not the same one formed from a
nebulous cloud billions of years ago. In fact it has undergone considerable
change since its birth that was brought about by numerous cataclysmic and
catastrophic events. Each of the planets in the present system bear the scars
from conflagrations caused by asteroid and comet impacts. But from where did
those asteroids and comets originate? Cosmologist have theorized that the Sun
and Planets that make up our Solar System were formed 4.5 + billion years ago
when a swirling cloud of gas collapsed and condensed forming our Sun and the
Planets. However, in the region known as the Asteroid Belt a planet does not
exist. So, scientist hypothesize that there was insufficient material present to
have formed one. However, that isn't necessarily so.
When the Earth formed, hot gas within the cloud cooled and condensed to
form solids, which clumped together and grew to form a large sphere. It is
theorized that heat generated when the planet formed was sufficient to liquefy
the entire body. Gravity heated and compressed the material into a sphere and
materials like Iron and Nickel migrated to the center of the planet. As different
materials separated to form the core, mantle and crust, rotation of these regions
at differently rates created the magnetosphere and strengthened the force of
gravity. Heat and pressure also released gasses into the atmosphere. Clouds
formed and water fell to the Earth forming lakes, streams, rivers, seas and
oceans. It has also been theorized that, approximately four billion years ago,
Earth was struck by a Mars sized object, which formed our Moon. In addition the
core of this body combined with the core of the original Earth. So, the old Earth
died and the present world on which we reside was born. We are extremely
fortunate that a Mars sized planet collided with the early Earth.
3. A smaller one would not have resulted in the formation of the Moon, whereas, a
larger one would have completely destroyed our planet.
Other bodies in the young Solar System were not so fortunate. Another planet
approximately 2.8 Astronomical Units from the Sun, which for discussion
purposes I have named Astra, suffered an entirely different fate than the Earth. It
was struck by an infinitely larger object, which broke it into trillions of fragments.
Some of them were pulverized and became dust. Other's were thrown out into
the farthest regions of the Solar System and are returning to the inner Solar
System as new Comets. Still others were scattered throughout the inner and
outer Solar System where they were gravitationally attracted by other planets
and rained down upon their surfaces gouging out craters that are visible today.
On Earth, they are called asteroid impacts if they are large and meteor impacts if
they are small. These objects have been grouped into three basic classifications.
Those containing Iron and Nickel are metallic. Those that are composed mainly
of rock are called stony and those that are loosely packed aggregates are call
carbonaceous.
Source: Wikipedia - Images of three asteroid types
These three types of objects are thought to account for most of the material that
exist in the Asteroid Belt. Occasionally an asteroid will pass by the Earth and
generate considerable excitement. Asteroid 1998 QEZ passed by in May of
2013. More recently, Asteroid 2004 BL86 passed within 700,000 miles of the
Earth on January 5, 2015. It held two surprises. Radar images showed that it was
small and spherical in shape and it had a satellite orbiting it. Something
unexpected by many cosmologist but predicted by a few. One may ask how this
asteroid was able to form into a sphere being so small when other objects of that
size were irregular shaped clumps of material? Also, being small and having a
smaller moon in orbit around it, is this asteroid extremely unique or is it the norm.
The answer maybe found within the Asteroid Belt when the Dawn spacecraft
rendezvous with the asteroid Ceres, which is spherical in shape and may also
have an orbiting satellite. Future missions to The Asteroid Belt and images from
powerful telescopes may show that spherical asteroids are quite common in this
debris field. It has been calculated that 16% of asteroids are binary objects.
4. Now, let us consider how objects within the Asteroid Belt acquired their
shapes. Logic should dictate that if a Planet were blasted into pieces, there
would only be irregular shapes formed as most asteroids and comets appear to
be. So, how do we account for a spherical asteroid? The explanation for the
shapes of asteroids and comets is quite simple. First let us consider the
Iron/Nickel meteorites, very small asteroids that have landed on Earth. These
fragments came from the very core of the Planet that once orbited 2.8 au
(Astronomical Units) from the Sun. The carbonaceous and stony meteorites,
again small asteroids, are fragments of crustal material propelled into space
when that planet exploded. So, what about the spherical asteroids, why aren't
they fragmented? The answer can be found in an early manned space mission.
One of the Astronauts’s released a small amount of water inside the cabin of his
spacecraft. He marveled at how a liquid forms a perfect sphere in zero gravity.
Not only does liquid water behave this way but hot liquid metal and plasma will
form a sphere also. Therefore, it follows that the hot molten material from the
mantel ejected into open space when the planet broke apart would naturally form
spherical shaped asteroids of various sizes, some of which will have a strong
enough gravitational field to capture a satellite. Asteroid 1998 QEZ is an example
of this as well as Asteroid 2004 BL86. The Dwarf Planet Ceres is also spherical
in shaped and orbits within the Asteroid Belt.
Asteroid 2004 BL86 Dwarf planet Ceres
The previous discussion covers the origin of asteroids and explains their
different characteristics, but what about comets? Again there is a simple and
plausible explanation for comets. Actually they are just another type of asteroid.
The main difference between a comet and a stony or carbonaceous asteroid is
one word, "VOLATILES". The European Space Agency, ESA, successfully
launched the Rosetta Mission which rendezvoused with Comet Churuymov-
Gerasimenko, aka, Comet 67P and established a stable orbit on September 10,
2014. A small Lander named Philae was released from Rosetta and began an
eight-hour descent to the comets surface.
5. Intended to anchor itself to the surface with three harpoons fired on contact with
the surface, the system malfunctioned and the harpoons failed to fire. So, instead
of landing successful on the comet it bounced several times and came to rest at
an odd angle against a cliff face on November 12, 2014.
Philea was powered by non-rechargeable batteries that could operate for fifty
hours. After these batteries were spent, solar panels were intended to provide
power for a set of rechargeable batteries, which would have extended the
mission indefinitely. Unfortunately, the Lander came to rest in the shadow of a
cliff and the solar panels were not exposed to sunlight for a long enough period
to successfully recharge the batteries. Before the non-rechargeable batteries
died, however, Philea was able to successfully complete certain planned
experiments and gather important data. In the first image released by ESA of
Philea on the surface, one of its legs can be seen in high resolution. This is
extremely important because it meant that the high-resolution camera was
performing perfectly. The detail of the material in the rock face shows that this
comet is not a dirty snowball as scientist once thought, but is in fact a rocky
fragment from a much larger body. Rosetta encountered Comet 67P-Churuymov-
Gerasimenko, in the outer Solar System at a point where outgassing of volatile
material had just begun. The most important discovery made by Philae can be
seen in the cliff wall.
Philea Lander on Comet 67P Image: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA
The image above was captured by Philea on January 31, 2015. It captures
one of its legs in the left side of the image and indicates the angle at which it
came to rest on the surface. In front of the Lander is a rocky cliff wall of material
that looks strikingly like the carbonaceous chondrites that have landed on Earth.
6. On the right side of the image can be seen white frozen material within the rock.
Whether this material is water ice, frozen Carbon Dioxide, frozen Carbon
Monoxide, frozen Methane or some other volatile can not be determined until
Philae awakens. In addition the icy material within the cliff face that has begun to
release gas is eerily similar to material also found on Earth. In the depths of the
Caribbean Sea and at other locations deep beneath the oceans of Earth,
deposits of frozen Methane have been discovered. Samples of this material
when brought to the surface have been called the ice that burns. As the frozen
methane changes from a solid to a gas at room temperatures, it can be ignited
and will burn with a blue flame until the entire sample is consumed. So, the
frozen materials within the cliff face on Comet Churuymov-Gerasimenko testify to
the origin of this comet. This body was once located in the depths of an ocean or
sea on a planet. Since it has been shown that objects within the Asteroid Belt are
composed of fragments from the core, mantle and crust of the fifth planet from
the Sun. It should be clear that Comet 67P is material from the floor of an ocean
or sea on that planet.
One final bit of data obtained by another instrument on board Rosetta provides
additional supportive evidence that Comet Churuymov-Gerasimenko came from
beneath the ocean depths of Astra. On February 2, 2015, ESA released analysis
of the dust particles that are being expelled by the Comet. Captured on the
Cosima’s (Cometary Secondary Ion Gas Analyser) target plate, dust particles
when analyzed, revealed that this material is rich in Sodium. Something that
would be expected coming from an object that was expelled from the ocean
depths of an exploded planet.
Conclusion:
Recent missions launched by the National Aeronautical and Space
Administration and The European Space Agency are providing new data that
show the true nature of asteroids and comets. This new data calls into question
and even contradicts long established theories concerning asteroids, comets and
dwarf planets. This new data supports the theory that these bodies and other
material orbiting within the asteroid belt were once part of a planet, which was
destroyed by a cataclysmic event.
This report was written on February 8, 2015 from data gathered over many years
and contains data related to my theory as to the reformation of our Solar System
and the nature and origins of Asteroids, Comets and Dwarf planets. It is based
on observations contained in images from present and past missions, which have
gathered new data with respect to these bodies.
Michael D. Moore
Email: mmoore08@charter.net
7. On the right side of the image can be seen white frozen material within the rock.
Whether this material is water ice, frozen Carbon Dioxide, frozen Carbon
Monoxide, frozen Methane or some other volatile can not be determined until
Philae awakens. In addition the icy material within the cliff face that has begun to
release gas is eerily similar to material also found on Earth. In the depths of the
Caribbean Sea and at other locations deep beneath the oceans of Earth,
deposits of frozen Methane have been discovered. Samples of this material
when brought to the surface have been called the ice that burns. As the frozen
methane changes from a solid to a gas at room temperatures, it can be ignited
and will burn with a blue flame until the entire sample is consumed. So, the
frozen materials within the cliff face on Comet Churuymov-Gerasimenko testify to
the origin of this comet. This body was once located in the depths of an ocean or
sea on a planet. Since it has been shown that objects within the Asteroid Belt are
composed of fragments from the core, mantle and crust of the fifth planet from
the Sun. It should be clear that Comet 67P is material from the floor of an ocean
or sea on that planet.
One final bit of data obtained by another instrument on board Rosetta provides
additional supportive evidence that Comet Churuymov-Gerasimenko came from
beneath the ocean depths of Astra. On February 2, 2015, ESA released analysis
of the dust particles that are being expelled by the Comet. Captured on the
Cosima’s (Cometary Secondary Ion Gas Analyser) target plate, dust particles
when analyzed, revealed that this material is rich in Sodium. Something that
would be expected coming from an object that was expelled from the ocean
depths of an exploded planet.
Conclusion:
Recent missions launched by the National Aeronautical and Space
Administration and The European Space Agency are providing new data that
show the true nature of asteroids and comets. This new data calls into question
and even contradicts long established theories concerning asteroids, comets and
dwarf planets. This new data supports the theory that these bodies and other
material orbiting within the asteroid belt were once part of a planet, which was
destroyed by a cataclysmic event.
This report was written on February 8, 2015 from data gathered over many years
and contains data related to my theory as to the reformation of our Solar System
and the nature and origins of Asteroids, Comets and Dwarf planets. It is based
on observations contained in images from present and past missions, which have
gathered new data with respect to these bodies.
Michael D. Moore
Email: mmoore08@charter.net
