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EXAMPLE 24. THE PLUTO SATELLITES – THEIR MOVEMENTS SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE EARTH YEAR.
The Earth Year = 365.256 Earth days.
Pluto has Five Satellites. Here are their names, and their orbital periods (expressed in Earth days):- Charon 6.387230 and Styx 20.16155 and Nix 24.85463 and Kerberos 32.16756 and Hydra 38.20177
DURING TWO EARTH YEARS:-
(A). Charon revolves 114 revolutions + a residual angle of 133.5 degrees.
(B). Styx revolves 36 revolutions + a residual angle of 83.9 degrees.
(C). Nix revolves 29 revolutions + a residual angle of 140.9 degrees.
Kerberos “fails” The Octants Rule.
(D). Hydra revolves 19 revolutions + a residual angle of 44.1 degrees.
Sample calculation:- (A). (365.256 x 2) ÷ 6.387230 = 114.3707 revolutions of Charon, and 0.3707 x 360 = 133.5 degrees. That is 114 revolutions + a residual angle of 133.5 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 revolution 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 47. These odds are calculated in the following manner:-
The largest deviation from an octant is 6.1 degrees (Styx).
Number of trials = n = 5 and number of successful trials = r = 4 and the probability that any single specific trial will be successful = p = (6.1 x 2 x 8) ÷ 360 = 0.27111 and the probability that any single specific trial will be unsuccessful = 1 minus p = 0.72888
p(r ≥ 4) = 5C4 x 0.728881 x 0.271114 = 0.01969
+ 5C5 x 0.728880 x 0.271115 = 0.00146
SUM = 0.02115 or 1 chance in 47. In fact, the odds are longer than this, because some of the deviations from an octant are smaller than 6.1 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, Section 3 for the Earth Year, and Section 4 for Pluto satellites. (Note:- Numerical data verification is only available in the book.)