Rogue Stars and Planets As Agents In Solar System Formation!!!

A Jovian planet, refomulated into a terrestrial planet
would likely have some interesting materials not
present on earth, like metallic Hydrogen, estimated to
be formed near the Jupiter core.

Gary 7

> Hello Gang,
> I recently sent a posting in both the
> SETI public and
> Bioastro list concerning When Worlds Collide by
> Philip Wylie and Edwin
> Balmer. In the SETI public mail list Ron Blue
> pointed out that Rogue
> stars and planets may be agents in solar system
> formation. Quoting Ron:
>
> "This process could be a way that star
> systems start up. Proto
> star
> system with planets collide with another proto
> star system forming a
> large enough star to maintain fusion. All of the
> planets would be
> thrown all over the emerged system causing larger
> planets to form.
> The heat from the new start up star may be strong
> enough to blow
> away the gases around new planets forming from
> collisions. The
> results could be alot of rocky interplanets.
> Some of the planet
> could
> be thrown out of that new solar system and used as
> seeds to form
> new proto star systems."
>
> Neil F. Comins in his classic work "What If the Moon
> Didn't Exist" goes
> a step further. In chapter 7 "What if a Star Passed
> Near The Solar
> System"? In that chapter he raised the possibility
> of the planet Neptune
> being captured by the passing star and its outer
> atmosphere being blown
> off. Thus leaving a rocky remnant core. He goes on
> to envision carbon
> dioxide and water vapor being released from the
> remnant core which in
> time would form a planetary atmosphere
> round the remnant, thus transforming this core into
> a terrestrial
> planet. In time planets formed in this way may give
> raise to life.
>
> In short he views such chance encounters between
> stars as a secondary
> process in planetary/solar system formation. A form
> of planetary
> reincarnation. Jovian planets being reincarnated
> into
> terrestrial planets. Thus there may be many
> different ways that
> planetary systems and planets may form.
>
> Alex
>

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