Is the Moon\u27s Orbit Ringing from an Asteroid Collision Event which Triggered the Flood?

We use ordinary Newtonian orbital mechanics to explore the possibility that near side lunar maria are giant impact basins left over from a catastrophic impact event that caused the present orbital configuration of the moon. We hypothesize that this collision was responsible for triggering the Noahic Flood. The results show that a collision of an asteroid swarm equivalent to a single ~80 km diameter rocky asteroid moving at parabolic velocity was sufficient to cause the present radial orbital oscillations of the moon, assuming that the orbit was originally circular

The Mars Desert Hypothesis and The Mars-RATE Connection

We present a catastrophic as well as creation scenario that is painted with a broad stroke to explain much of the present topography of the planet Mars. By analogy, we propose that Mars is an analog of an extreme desert. This is the Mars Desert Hypothesis. I propose that there is a history of volcanic eruptions producing rain, flash floods, and volcanic flows which created a terraformed Mars complete with streams and lakes and possibly shallow oceans. Because of the low gravity of Mars, due to its mass, which is about 10% of the Earths, this ‘wet season’ is followed by evaporation and sublimation of water and other light gasses which largely escape the planet’s surface. I also propose that the accelerated radioisotope decay occurring during the RATE episodes, perhaps during the flood on the Earth and/or creation week, creating hot spot volcanism on Mars which resulted in the terraforming of Mars–The Mars-Rate Connection. These proposals are followed by geological evidence observed on the surface of Mars for each

Observations, analysis, and spectroscopic classification of HO piscium: a bright shallow-contact binary with G- and M-type components

We present a spectrum and a photometric analysis of the newly discovered, high-amplitude, solartype, eclipsing binary HO Piscium. A spectroscopic identification, a period study, q-search, and a simultaneous UBVR cI c light-curve solution are presented. The spectra and our photometric solution indicate that HO Psc is a W-typeWUMa shallow-contact (fill-out ~8%) binary system. The primary component has a G6V spectral type with an apparently precontact spectral type of M2V for the secondary component. The small fill-out indicates that the system has not yet achieved thermal contact and thus has recently come into physical contact. This may mean that this solar-type binary system has not attained its ~0:4 mass ratio via a long period of magnetic braking, as would normally be assumed.Peer reviewed: YesNRC publication: Ye

UBVRI Photometric Analysis of the Solar-Type Eclipsing Binary TYC 3034-299-1

TYC 3034-0299-1 (CVn) is a magnetically active, contact binary, ROTSE variable. UBVRcIc light curves are presented along with a period study and a simultaneous UBVRI light curve solution. Our light curves show eclipse amplitudes of 0.72 and 0.62 mags (V) in the primary and secondary eclipses. Modeled results include a dark spot region, found at longitude 51°, a 24% Roche lobe fill-out, and a mass ratio of 0.48. A total eclipse is found to occur in the secondary eclipse making TYC 3034-0299-1 a W-type (less massive star is hotter) W UMa variable