If it had not been for that first star whose death throes not only scattered the elements up to iron that it had produced during it’s lifetime but also scattered those trans-ferrous elements produced during its supernova phase, then our collapsed solar clouds would have produced gas-ball planets consisting only of those few primary elements. Life, as we know it, would never have happened.
After Mrs Santa initial clean-up, the earth had cooled sufficiently so that Santa’s next gift, the spark of life, was lit on the third planet. By this time, most of the planets had been pulled closer to the solar plane and the largest planetoids that had been captured by most planets were also pulled down closer to the solar plane. This pulling down action was organized by the levering action of the large combined masses of the sun and Jupiter that pulled and pushed down into their revolving plane. Those planets that still exhibit the greatest inclination to the ecliptic plane are Pluto, 17 degrees and 9 minutes (because it is the furthest and also has a small mass) and Mercury, 7 degrees (because of its small mass of 0.05 earth masses)..
The Jupiter/solar center of mass (nearly 500,000 miles from the center of the sun in the direction of Jupiter) while the actual oscillating point that is the real total solar system center of mass that erratically oscillates above and below this 500,000 mile point. These oscillations should be religiously copied by the sun and by Jupiter. Their large masses make these motions impossible. So, since these motions are a must and since they cannot be adhered to a compensatory motions have to occur. These compensatory motions are reflected back to the planets themselves. Not only that, but the reflected motions are imposed on those planetary actions that create the greatest erraticity in the center’s of mass differential.
By now, the velocity of counter revolutionary bodies (that produce the greatest eccentricity) have been reduced to the point that those masses no longer exist because they have been captured by other planets or have crashed into other planets or into the sun itself. The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter could be the result of one of these collision.
Next, the orbital eccentricities of the planets (that also contributes to the eccentricities) have been greatly reduced to near circular orbits.. Again, the greatest eccentricities remaining are those of Pluto (0.249) and Mercury (0.206).
Next, the orbits of the planets have been pushed into spaced locations that greatly reduce the probability planetary conjunctions. Planetary conjunctions cause the largest peaks of eccentricity and are therefor their occurrences are reduced by these orbit adjustments.
All of these adjustments which keeps trimming our tree are still going on. Motions adjusts have their greatest noticeable impact on the lightest planet which is also the closest one to the oscillating solar center of mass. This planet is of course Mercury. It’s no wonder that they are noticed as an excessive orbital precession of that planet..
Life on the third planet is now the most ostentatious adornment on our cosmic Christmas Tree. It has provided the lights for our tree for a long time. Periodic disasters have not yet been able to snuff it out.
I hope that y’all have the greatest of Merry Christmases and may your New Year be filled with all the necessities that your family requires.
P.S. What happened to the resot of the kibitzers Percy?
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