Abstract
Abstract This work applies a previously suggested model of gravitational field propagation to various planetary bodies within the solar system. Primarily the goal has been to critically test the validity of this model by identifying observations which are in direct conflict with it. Specifically this model predicts a Doppler shift in gravitational acceleration (gD). Applying the model to the planets and the Sun gD acts to increase planetary spin, opposing various sources of drag. The model is seen not to be in conflict with a wide variety of observed parameters which have been treated here and is shown to quantitatively account for several observed phenomena previously thought to be unrelated and which have been di˚cult to explain conventionally. These phenomena include the internal heat generation and magnetospheric generation within the gas giants as well as super rotation which seen in most planetary atmospheres as well as the Sun as differential rotation. This model for the first time provides a quantitative prediction of the low internal heat generation seen in Uranus compared to Neptune. It also provides a novel mechanism for solar coronal heating, thermospheric heating in the gas giants and the correlation between climate and magnetosphere observed on Earth.
Highlights
In previous work a novel model was presented with an alternative approach for applying relativity to gravitational propagation, one which is analogous to and compatible with electromagnetic and other eld theories (Merrison 2016)
One must apply a relativistic Doppler shift to gravitational elds. This velocity induced Doppler shift in g leads to a modi ed gravitational eld given by g = g.γ.(1 + v. cos(θ)/c), where g is the gravitational ac
A primary goal here is to identify observational parameters which are in direct contradiction with the existence of a Doppler shift in solar system gravitational elds
Summary
In previous work a novel model was presented with an alternative approach for applying relativity to gravitational propagation, one which is analogous to and compatible with electromagnetic and other eld theories (Merrison 2016). A consequence of this treatment of gravity is that the (relative) velocity of a gravitating mass will a ect the observed gravitational eld. Speci cally an observer will experience an enhanced gravitational eld from a body moving towards it and a reduced gravitational eld from one moving away from it. One should apply a relativistic Doppler shift to gravitational elds Speci cally a gravitating body moving towards an observer will gravitate more (have an enhanced observed gravitational eld) and one moving away will have a reduced gravitational eld. One must apply a relativistic Doppler shift to gravitational elds. This velocity induced Doppler shift in g (gD ≈ g.v/c) leads to a modi ed gravitational eld given by g = g.γ.(1 + v.
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