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Regular Research Article 02 Dec 2013 Celestial commensurabilities: some special cases H. JelbringTellus, Stockholm, Sweden
Received: 05 Oct 2013 – Revised: 24 Oct 2013 – Accepted: 30 Oct 2013 – Published: 02 Dec 2013 Abstract. Commensurabilities are calculated based on published orbital periods of
planets and satellites. Examples are given for commensurabilities that are
strong or very strong. There are sets of commensurabilities that involve 3–4
celestial bodies. Our moon–Earth system is probably a key system forming
commensurabilities with all the inner planets. The existence and structure of
commensurabilities indicate that all celestial bodies in our Solar System
interact energetically. The Solar System seems to include an unknown physical
process capable of transferring energy between both celestial bodies (orbital
energy) and between orbital energy and rotational energy. Such a process is
proposed to be the major reason for the evolution of commensurabilities,
which are judged as not being produced by chance. The physical reason for
their creation still remains undiscovered, however.
Citation: Jelbring, H.: Celestial commensurabilities: some special cases, Pattern Recogn. Phys., 1, 143-146, doi:10.5194/prp-1-143-2013, 2013.
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