Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0612726

From: J. Marvin Herndon [view email]

Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:48:07 GMT (58kb)

Evidence Contrary to the Existing Exo-Planet Migration Concept

Authors: J. Marvin Herndon

Exo-planet migration is assumed to have occurred to explain close-to-star gas giant exo-planets within the context of the so-called standard model of solar system formation, rather than giving cause to question the validity of that particular model. I present evidence against the concept of planet migration, evidence that is historical, interdisciplinary, and model-independent. First, I demonstrate a flaw in the standard model of solar system formation that would lead to the contradiction of terrestrial planets having insufficiently massive cores. Then, I discuss the evidence that points to the Earth previously having been a Jupiter-like close-to-Sun gas giant and the consequences that arise there from. Observations of close-to-star gas giant exo-planets orbiting stars other than our own Sun, rather than being evidence for planet migration, I submit, are evidence for differing degrees of violence associated with the thermonuclear ignition of their particular stars. As observational resolution improves, one might expect to find other exo-planetary systems, like our own, with their innermost planets stripped of gaseous envelopes. Such systems may be a necessary requirement for the existence of life.

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612726