Showing posts with label Uranus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uranus. Show all posts

Monday, July 28, 2025

Uranus delivers more energy than it gets from the sun.



"Using decades of space data, scientists have cracked the mystery of Uranus’s hidden heat. While weaker than other gas giants, this internal warmth rewrites what we know about the icy planet — and fuels excitement for a long-awaited NASA mission. Credit: Shutterstock" (ScitechDaily, A Hidden Heat Source on Uranus Just Changed What We Know About Planets)

Outcoming particle flow can form a point-shaped thermal point in the atmosphere.

Can that extra energy form in friction, or in internal radioactive decay? Or does some kind of external radiation beam push energy to that planet's atmosphere? If some kind of beam of energetic particles hits Uranus's atmosphere, it forms a thermal point at that impact area. 

Uranus and its internal heat source challenge theories about planet formation. The heat source is visible in the Uranus atmosphere. That means Uranus shines more energy than it gets from the sun. There is a rocky planet inside that great atmosphere. The size of that structure compared to the planet's size is very small. That rocky planet is smaller, or its gravity is weaker than on Earth. The large atmosphere around that planet is the thing that we see when we look at that distant gas giant. The thermal source on that planet can form in a similar way to that on Earth. The mass of Uranus is far higher than that of Earth if we measure it from the highest point of the planet’s atmosphere. 

Uranus's pole can also pull high-energy particles into that planet's atmosphere. And that particle flow can raise Uranus's temperature. 

The atmosphere forms most of Uranus ' mass. The temperature of that atmosphere is about 45 Kelvin. And its top temperature is about 50 Kelvin. Or, 50 degrees over absolute zero. Hydrogen, maybe methane, and helium form that atmosphere. In theories, there was a small rocky planet somewhere in the Kuiper Belt, or in some theories, Uranus was a rogue planet that collected its atmosphere around it in extremely stable conditions. In extremely stable conditions, the small planet can collect a huge gas shell around it. The tilt axis of Uranus supports the theory that it could be some kind of rogue planet. The thing that makes Uranus interesting is that it's lighter than it should be. Neptune is far heavier, and that causes discussions about the origin of Uranus, which is the same size but far lighter than Neptune. 

The internal radioactive material, like radioactive potassium, can form an internal temperature that is measurable on Earth. Uranus’s atmosphere is far colder than Earth's, and that means that IR systems can detect that thermal source more easily than on warmer planets. The other thing is that the layers in Uranus's atmosphere don’t move at the same speed. The difference between the speeds of the atmosphere’s layers can cause friction. The laying axle of that planet means that Uranus acts like a locked planet. The temperature difference between night and day causes massive winds in its atmosphere. Uranus' rotation is 17 hours 14 minutes. But because the planet’s tilt is 82 degrees, that means Uranus turns its other pole to the Sun. 

The other explanation can be that the wind in the Uranus atmosphere forms friction at the point where gas meets ice or liquid form. That means the energy source can be in friction in the liquid or gas layers in Uranus’s structures. In models, there is liquid gas around the icy layer that surrounds the rocky layer. When energy from the sun hits Uranus's atmosphere, it raises its temperature. The thing that makes gas move is the difference in temperatures in the atmosphere. Even if Uranus has no solid surface, there can be structures that can cause friction in that planet’s atmosphere. The secrets of Uranus are big. There might be many secrets that wait for their finder in that icy and mysterious world's atmosphere. 


https://scitechdaily.com/a-hidden-heat-source-on-uranus-just-changed-what-we-know-about-planets/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Why do some planets have rings?

Saturn


We know many planets that have some kind of ring system. And the most well-known of those planets is Saturn. All gas giants in our solar system have a ring system that orbits them. So there are many theories about the origin of those rings. 

There is the possibility that forming of the rings is unique. So that means there are more than one reasons why some planets have rings. But if we are thinking about the gas giants in our solar system we must realize that those planets are more distant than Earth. 

So solar wind in that area is weaker than in the Earth's distance. And that means the particle (or ion) flow from the Sun would not blow those particles away. That explains why Earth has no rings. The reason for that is the solar winds. That are blowing sand or some other particles away from the Earth's orbiter. 



"The backlit (of Saturn's) E ring, with Enceladus, silhouetted against it. The moon's south polar jets erupt brightly below it." (Wikipedia/Rings of Saturn)

There may be many things that are forming ring systems for planets. There are three of those theories. And maybe there are many other reasons why some planets have rings. And some have not. 


*Plasma- or Van Allen rings of the planets are capturing sand bites that travel at the solar system. 


*In the case of Saturn, the shepherd moons are also playing their role in forming and anchoring the ring system. The shepherd moons are moons. That is orbiting the ring system on both sides of it. And the gravitational fields anchoring the objects in their places. 


*The Van Allen belts could capture small particles. And that explains why Uranus' rings seem to have no shepherd moons. The Van Allen ring or plasma ring can capture very light and slow-speed objects. So that means there could be many reasons why some planets have rings. 


*If the planet's distance is high enough from the Sun solar wind would not blow that dust away. 


*Destruction of the ancient moon can explain ring systems that involve large particles. 


*That moon could be destroyed by cosmic impact. Or tidal forces of the planet and its other moons can destroy that ancient moon. 


The planets with ring systems 

a) Jupiter's rings

a) "A schema of Jupiter's ring system showing the four main components. For simplicity, Metis and Adrastea are depicted as sharing their orbit. (In reality, Metis is very slightly closer to Jupiter.)" (Wikipedia, Rings of Jupiter) 


a2)



"Metis orbiting at the edge of Jupiter's main ring, as imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2007" (Wikipedia/Rings of Jupiter)


b) Saturn's rings



"Side view of Saturn system, showing Enceladus in relation to the E Ring" (Wikipedia/Rings of Saturn)

b2)

"The full set of rings, imaged as Saturn eclipsed the Sun from the vantage of the Cassini orbiter, 1.2 million km distant, on 19 July 2013 (brightness is exaggerated). Earth appears as a dot at 4 o'clock, between the G and E rings." (Wikipedia/Rings of Saturn)


c) Uranus rings


"The scheme of Uranus's ring-moon system. Solid lines denote rings; dashed lines denote orbits of moons". (Wikipedia/Rings of Uranus)




"The scheme of Neptune's ring-moon system. Solid lines denote rings; dashed lines denote orbits of moons".

d) Neptune rings



d2) "Rings of Neptune imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam instrument" (Wikipedia/Rings of Neptune)




*There is the possibility that the planet capture the large dwarf planet and then the tidal forces will rip that dwarf planet in pieces. 


*In that case. The shepherd moons or moons that are orbiting the planet at both sides of the ring system are anchoring those objects in their places with their gravitational effects. 


And that means there is a possibility the plasma rings or Van Allen rings of giant planets capture dust, asteroids, and comets that travel in solar systems. And at least in cases where the ring system is formed of sand or other way saying small-size particles. That is the reason why some gas planets have rings. 

Another reason could be the ancient moon that is broken by cosmic impacts. That thing can be a reason, for planets like Saturn have larger objects in their rings. When that hypothetical moon is destroyed. The particles that are remaining of that ancient moon left to orbit Saturn. 

In some of this theory's other versions, Saturn collided with an asteroid cloud that could be the remnant of some ancient dwarf planet and some of those remnants remained to orbit that planet as the well-known ring system. 


https://scitechdaily.com/why-are-some-planets-surrounded-by-rings/amp/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Jupiter


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Neptune


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Uranus


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_force





By the way...

The idea of the solar ring- or ring-shaped solar panels is taken from the planetary rings and one hoax theory. 

There is one UFO theory that I want to mention here. That theory is that the Uranus ring system is the solar panels that are orbiting the gas planet. Today that theory is crushed, but it gave an idea that maybe in the future Earth and some other planets or space colonies will get their power from solar panels that orbit the planets. 

The energy will transport to those colonies in the form of radio- laser or microwaves. That kind of solar ring or extremely thin silicone panels might solve the energy problems of the future. If those solar rings or ring-shaped solar panels are rotating or orbiting the Earth or some other planet the gravitational and centripetal force would have the same power, and they would anchor that solar panel in place. But that thing requires that the panels will move all the time. 

It's possible that between the center planet and the inner edge of the silicone panels is the frame. The orbiting silicone panel delivers energy to that stable frame. And that frame sends energy to the receiving stations on Earth. 


Image: Pinterest




Saturday, August 17, 2019

Why asteroid Haumea in Kuiper belt has rings?


Image I


Why asteroid Haumea in Kuiper belt has rings?

One of the most interesting particles of our solar system is the asteroid named Haumea. The thing what makes it interesting is that this asteroid has rings, and that's why it could be named as the "Saturn asteroid". But how those rings might form?

The explanation for this strange asteroid would be that the solar wind at the outer solar system is so weak. If the asteroid is a very magnetic particle, that means that it could capture the small dust particles around it as the same way, what bigger planets are making.

The rings are actually in the place, where the Van Allen zones or plasma rings of the planet are. The thing is that the rings of Haumea are forming the same way with the other planetary rings, and one thing what is a mystery in the case of Haumea, is how it has got this magnet field?

Has it travel through the magnet field of some planet of our solar system, being part of some other planet ring system, and the colliding would throw that particle to Kuiper belt. Or could it come from another solar system, and the sun could capture it to the Kuiper belt at the outer solar system.

The thing is that if Haumea would be closer to the sun, the solar wind would blow those rings away immediately. And this thing is why the inner planets have not visible rings. The solar wind would blow those particles away immediately, and the thing what makes Haumea interesting is that the magnet field of that asteroid must be very strong if we would compare it to other asteroids. 

And the thing how small asteroid would get the magnet field would happen that it would travel through the powerful magnetic field, what will turn the bite of iron to a magnet and the reason why the magnet field would not get weaker is that the electricity what causes this phenomenon can conduct anywhere. If we would someday send the probe to search asteroids like Haumea, we must realize that if we would touch that particle, we would conduct the electricity away from that particle.

If Haymea would be in the superconducting condition, we would send probe near it and then follow the actions like the oscillation of the magnet field of Haymea, and that would help us to find, where that asteroid has got this strange magnet field. Has it just being a member of the asteroid cloud of the rings of Neptune and Uranus, or does it come from another solar system?

The idea is that the oscillation of the magnet field of the particle, what has given that field to Haymea has been stored in certain form, what is similar to the oscillation of the magnet field, what has magnetized Haymea, and that thing benefit by comparing those oscillations to the magnet field of the planets of our solar system. And maybe that would tell, where that strange particle is coming from.

Image I:

https://www.space.com/38432-dwarf-planet-haumea-has-rings.html

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