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The Asteroid Belt

The asteroid belt is important to understand because we want to sufficiently understand it that we know whether we need to know if an asteroid is on a course with an earth collision. The belt is about one astronomical unit wide and is between Mars and Jupiter from about 2.2 AU to 3.2 AU.

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The Asteroid Belt

The asteroid belt is important to understand because we want to sufficiently understand it that we know whether we need to know if an asteroid is on a course with an earth collision. The belt is about one astronomical unit wide and is between Mars and Jupiter from about 2.2 AU to 3.2 AU.

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The Asteroid Belt

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Ian Beardsley

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The asteroid belt is important to understand because we want to sufficiently understand it that
we know whether we need to know if an asteroid is on a course with an earth collision. The belt
is about one astronomical unit wide and is between Mars and Jupiter from about 2.2 AU to 3.2

AU.

I have devised three schemes for predicting the orbits of the planets. Scheme 1 describes their
orbits in terms of the AI elements.

Scheme two is in terms of Euler’s number e, and the golden ratio conjugate phi=0.618.

Scheme 3 is in terms of number n and integer i separating them into planets interior to the
asteroid belt and planets exterior to the asteroid belt.

Ceres, Pallas, and Hygiea account for about one half the mass of the Asteroid Belt.

Ceres=2.689 AU and 939,300 E15 kg

Vesta=2.36 AU and 259,00E15 kg

Pallas=3.76 AU and 20500E15 kg

Hygiea=2.69AU and 860,00E15 kg

Giving their center of mass at

(2.689)(939,300)+(3.76)(20500)+(2.36)(259,00)(2.969)(860,00)/1071700=

3429141/1071700=3.199~3.2AU

Thus is closest to scheme 3 which is 3.00 AU.

However,

The arithmetic mean of their average orbits is 3.926 AU which is closest to the Titius-Bode Rule
which is 3.6

However the asteroid Vesta is very close to the orbit predicted by scheme 2:

C 20 = C = 2.461

Vesta=2.36 AU and 259,00E15 kg

The third most massive. The Titius-Bode Rule is close to Pallas is

3.6~Pallas=3.76 AU and 20500E15 kg

Is the fourth most massive.

I have yet to construct an equation for scheme 1, the planets in terms of molar masses of the core
AI elements, silicon and germanium.

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Scheme 1

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Scheme 2
We have said the equations for the evolution of the Solar System are of the form

y = Ce x; y = Cx −x

And

Si 1
≈

Ge 2+1
We here note that

1
= 0.414

2+1
The decimal part of the square root of 2. We have also said

(1 − ϕ) = 0.38

Si 28.09
= = 0.387

Ge 72.61
Ca5(PO4)3OH
= 0.387

C57 H91N19O16

Si Ca5(PO4)3OH
≈

Ge C57 H91N19O16
This means:

Ca 5(PO4 )3OH
Si
e Ge = e C57 H91N19O16 = e (1−ϕ)

This results in the following simple equations for the planets:

(1 − ϕ)e ϕ = 0.7AU = Venus

ϕe (1−ϕ) = 0.9AU = Ear th

ϕ 2e (2−ϕ) = 1.52 = Mars

2ϕe (2−ϕ) = 4.9 = Jupiter

4ϕe (2−ϕ) = 10 = Sat ur n

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8ϕe (2−ϕ) = 19.69 = Uranus

16ϕe (2−ϕ) = 39.38 = Nept une

Let’s say since Jupiter is the first planet after the asteroid belt and carries significantly the mass
of the solar system that it is planet (Pn) one (P1). We have then for our equations in general

Pn = 2n ϕe (2−ϕ)

And, if c = ϕe (2−ϕ) = 2.461, then our equation becomes:

Pn = c2n

For the inner planets, and here it is convenient to not include Mercury, and we do this one the
basis that it does not have much mass and therefore contributes little to the theory of the
dynamics of the evolution of the Solar System. Thus, n=1 is Venus, n=2, is Earth, and n=3 is
Mars. We see the equation is rather than exponential, logarithmic:

(0.7)ln(e * 1) = 0.7 = Venu s

(0.7)ln(e * 2) = 1.185 = Ear th

(0.7)ln(e * 3) = 1.469 = Mars

Pn = (0.7)ln(n * e)

We have for the inner planets

0.7ln(e ⋅ n) = Pn

P1 = Venu s

P2 = Ear th

P3 = Mars

For the outer planets we have

C 2n = Pn

P1 = Jupiter

P2 = Sat ur n
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P3 = Ura nu s

P4 = Nept u n e

Where C = ϕe (2−ϕ) = 2.461.

If we let n=0,

C 20 = C = 2.461

Which is the asteroid belt (2.2-3.2AU) a planet that could not form due to tidal forces from the
other planets acting of the protoplanetary disc at that orbit. We write

y = C ⋅ 2n

y′ = C ⋅ 2nlog(2)

y′′ = C ⋅ 2nlog2(2)

And we see that the equation for the planets is the solution to the differential equation

d2 y dy
− 2log(2) + log2(2)y = 0
dn 2 dn
Which is the equation of a damped harmonic oscillator:

d2x dx
m + c + kx = 0
dt 2 dt
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Scheme 3

Characterizing the distribution of the planets around the sun seems to defy a mathematical
expression. Even the Titius-Bode rule falls apart pretty badly at Neptune.

The Titius-Bode Rule is:

r = 0.4 + (0.3)2n

n = − ∞,0,1,2,…

Which produces the orbits of the planets in astronomical units as such in AU:

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However, I find if we break-up the solar system into two parts; planets interior to the asteroid
belt, and planets exterior to the asteroid belt, quite an interesting pattern forms:

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