Tag Archives: planet

Yet More Stuff In Space – Venus & Mercury In Rings

Posted on 31 March 2019 by E.M.Smith

Seems Mercury & Venus orbit inside minor debris fields / rings. So doesn’t that make them “not a planet” since they have not cleared their local area?… Continue reading →

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Texas vs TNOs – Just How Big IS Texas?

Posted on 7 June 2015 by E.M.Smith

Just how big is Texas? It could be a dwarf planet if in space. Continue reading →

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Nile Floods, Sunspots, Planets

Posted on 3 May 2013 by E.M.Smith

An interesting paper that ties the history of Nile flood cycles to sunspot cycles and planetary alignments vs the sun and the galactic center. They postulate a theory of planets having differential effects on the solar magnetic field in the galactic wind shadow vs the ‘front’ side. Continue reading →

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Big planets modulate stars, but small planets can’t?

Posted on 18 April 2012 by E.M.Smith

Variable stars seem to have fast orbiting planets modulating them. So why can’t slow orbiting planets modulate more slowly? Continue reading →

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