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EXAMPLE 28. THE NEPTUNE SATELLITES – THEIR MOVEMENTS SYNCHRONIZED WITH EARTH’S ROTATION.
Here are the names and orbital periods (expressed in Earth days) of Neptune’s close regular satellites. Naiad 0.294396 and Thalassa 0.311485 and Despina 0.334655 and Galatea 0.428745 and Larissa 0.554654 and (Recently discovered) Hippocamp 0.9500 and Proteus 1.122315 and Triton 5.8768441
(A). During TWO Thalassa revolutions, Earth rotates in relation to The Sun an angle of 224.27 degrees.
(B). During TWO Galatea revolutions, Earth rotates in relation to The Sun an angle of 308.7 degrees.
(C). During TWO Larissa revolutions, Earth rotates in relation to The Sun 1 rotation + a residual angle of 39.35 degrees.
(D). During TWO Proteus revolutions, Earth rotates in relation to The Sun 2 rotations + a residual angle of 88.1 degrees
(E). During TWO Triton revolutions, Earth rotates in relation to The Sun 11 rotations + a residual angle of 271.3 degrees.
Naiad, Despina, and Hippocamp “fail” The Octant Rule.
Sample calculation:- (A). 2 x 0.311485 = 0.62297 rotations of Earth (in relation to The Sun), and 0.62297 x 360 = an angle of 224.27 degrees.
When you depict each of these five angles as a (single line) radius, the five radiuses look like this:-
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Once again, it is glaringly, blindingly obvious that these 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 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 five angles “hugging” the octants so closely are in excess of 1 chance in 22. These odds are calculated in the following manner:-
The largest deviation from an octant is 6.3 degrees (Galatea).
Number of trials = n = 8 and number of successful trials = r = 5 and the probability that any single specific trial will be successful = p = (6.3 x 2 x 8) ÷ 360 = 0.28 and the probability that any single specific trial will be unsuccessful = 1 minus p = 0.72
p(r ≥ 5) = 8C5 x 0.723 x 0.285 = 0.03597
+ 8C6 x 0.722 x 0.286 = 0.0069947
+ 8C7 x 0.721 x 0.287 = 0.000777
+ 8C8 x 0.720 x 0.288 = 0.00003778
SUM = 0.04378 or 1 chance in 22. In fact, the odds are longer than this, because some of the deviations from an octant are smaller than 6.3 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 numerical data, go to Appendix 2. Section 7 for The Neptune satellites. (Note:- Numerical data verification is only available in the book.)