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Band structure of the solar system: An objective test of the grouping of planets and satellites
Authors:Gustaf Arrhenius  Susanne Arrhenius
Institution:(1) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA;(2) Department of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Abstract:Alfvén in his early work on the origin of the solar system (1942–1946) noted a pronounced band structure in the gravitational potential distribution of secondary bodies, and suggested this feature to be directly related to the formation process. When the critical velocity phenomenon was later discovered, a close agreement was found between the planet-satellite bands on one hand, and the critical velocity limits of the major compound elements in the interstellar medium on the other, suggesting a specific emplacement mechanism for the dusty plasma which presumably constituted the solar nebula.Since the originally perceived band structure was outlined in a qualitative fashion, an attempt is made here to analyze the distribution by a statistical technique, testing the significance of clustering of the observational data in the bands. The results show that, with proper scaling of the parameters, such a band structure indeed appears, with features closely similar to those originally conceived. Some deviations are indicated by the cluster analysis, however; their significance is discussed in terms of process involved in the formation of the solar system.Paper dedicated to Professor Hannes Alfvén on the occasion of his 80th birthday, 30 May 1988.
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