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EXAMPLE 23. JUPITER’S FOUR SMALL “INNER” SATELLITES – THEIR MOVEMENTS SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE EARTH YEAR.

Jupiter has four Large Satellites (The “Galilean” Satellites). Inferior to them (ie:- closer to Jupiter) are Jupiter’s Four Small “Inner” Satellites. Here are their names and orbital periods (expressed in Earth days):- Metis (0.294780) and Adrastea (0.298260) and Amalthea (0.498179) and Thebe (0.674536) Jupiter’s rotation period = 0.41353831 Earth days. The Earth Year = 365.25636 Earth days.

DURING TWO EARTH YEARS:-

(A). Jupiter rotates 1766 rotations + a residual angle of 177.6 degrees.

Metis “fails” the Octant Rule.

(B). Adrastea rotates 2449 rotations + a residual angle of 89.3 degrees.

(C). Amalthea rotates 1466 rotations + a residual angle of 131.7 degrees.

(D). Thebe rotates 1082 rotations + a residual angle of 354.79 degrees.

Sample calculation:- (C). (365.25636 x 2) ÷ 0.498179 = 1466.3659 rotations of Amalthea, and 0.3659 x 360 = 131.7 degrees. That is 1466 rotations + a residual angle of 131.7 degrees.

When you depict each of these four residual angles as a (single line) radius, the four radiuses look like this:-

The material on this web site is also available in the book Astronomy - The Dishonest Science, by Roger Elliott (available on Amazon).

Once again, it is glaringly, blindingly obvious that these residual angles are NOT randomly distributed, as they absolutely SHOULD be if Newtonian Physics alone governed the movements of celestial bodies. (The gravitational field of Earth is insufficiently strong to alter or affect the rotation periods of distant satellites.) Once again, these residual angles all (mysteriously) “hug” the octants. “Something else” (other than Newtonian Physics) is influencing and dictating the movements of these satellites.

The statistical odds against all four residual angles “hugging” the octants so closely are in excess of 1 chance in 86. These odds are calculated in the following manner:-

The largest deviation from an octant is 5.2 degrees (Thebe).

Number of trials = n = 5 and number of successful trials = r = 4 and the probability that any single specific trial will be successful = p = (5.2 x 2 x 8) ÷ 360 = 0.23111 and the probability that any single specific trial will be unsuccessful = 1 minus p = 0.76888

p(r ≥ 4) = ⁵C₄ x 0.76888¹ x 0.23111⁴ = 0.01097

+ ⁵C₅ x 0.76888⁰ x 0.23111⁵ = 0.000659

SUM = 0.0116 or 1 chance in 86. In fact, the odds are longer than this, because some of the deviations from an octant are smaller than 5.2 degrees. However, it could be argued that these satellites (which are relatively close to one another) can easily influence the movements of one another by gravitational attraction and “tidal friction”, and that being the case, their movements could be synchronized with the movements of Earth purely by chance. This argument is undermined by the fact that ALL the satellites of (just about) EVERY planet have their movements synchronized with the movements of Earth.

To verify the numerical data in this example, go to Appendix 2. For Jupiter’s Four Small “Inner” Satellites, Section 5, and for The Earth Year, Section 14, and for Jupiter rotation period, Section 2. (Note:- Numerical data verification is only available in the book.)

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