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hypothesize that internal planetary oscillations produce rings. Probably only
the larger partly gaseous planets oscillate strongly enough to produce important
visible affects on surrounding matter. This time the oscillations, however, are
not the whole body oscillations that tend to place and control the planets of
the sun and the satellites of the large partly gaseous planets (see the article
Waves in Dark
Matter and the book Waves
in Dark Matter ). We hypothesize that extra oscillation frequencies are produced
by reflections from discontinuities (e.g. layers of different composition) especially
in the large gaseous planets. These reflections cause oscillations that are much
different in frequency and amplitude than the fundamental oscillation frequency
of a planet. These oscillations are likely considerably smaller in amplitude than
that of the fundamental and thus only first nodes away from the planet would be
important in forming rings. Rings would form rather than satellites because the
non-fundamental oscillations would not have a corresponding synchronized axial
node associated with their standing wave patterns. Wide rings would be present
because of continuous reflection across thick planetary layers. We have calculated
some of the expected thicknesses of some of these planetary layers from the width
of planetary rings in the book Waves
in Dark Matter. The sharp cutoffs on the edges of some of the rings without
shepherd moons indicate that some planetary layer boundaries are quite sharp.
Perhaps a layer of ice would be a potential candidate to produce a wide ring.
Ring structure does not change because of continuing internal oscillations. Contrast
this with the location of satellites which may not be where they were placed because
of catastrophic events or changes in the size of a planet. See the book Waves
in Dark Matter.
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