Most of the planets in our solar system tilt on their axes, but the degree of tilt is very variable. Do elastic strings cause tilt, and if so, how?
There are five planets in our solar system that have a 20 degree or more tilt on their axes: Earth, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto, well maybe Pluto is an asteroid. Three other planets have little or no tilt (Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter), and in the case of Uranus, the manner of tilt is completely unlike any other planet in the solar system. Scientists believe Uranus met with some cataclysmic event that makes its orientation different from the other eight planets. I ran a regression analysis to determine whether degree of tilt was associated with distance from the Sun for the five planets listed in the table below.
R squared in this analysis was 0.991, which means tilt is highly correlated with distance from the Sun. Scientists believe our Moon influences Earth’s tilt, which would explain why predictions are slightly out of whack for Earth and Mars.
The force of attraction in comparison to the forces of repulsion also increases with distance, which I review in my next blog. Till then be safe and in good health. Kelland—www.vestheory.com
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