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by Donald W. Patten & Samuel R. Windsor Copyright 1996, 2003
[From top of book cover] "Ancient Chinese knew Mars as 'the fire star.' Sumerians thought Enlil (Mars) was the cause of the Great Flood. Classical Greeks indicted Ares (Mars) as the 'bane of mortals.' And the Romans saw Mars as the God of War. ...Why?" |
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Contents
DEDICATION
FIGURES & TABLES
PREFACE
BIOGRAPHIES Donald W. Patten
Samuel R. Windsor
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
Twenty Questions
ISSUE & QUESTION # 1
ISSUES & QUESTIONS # 2-3
ISSUES & QUESTIONS # 4-6
ISSUES & QUESTIONS # 7-10
ISSUES & QUESTIONS # 11-15
ISSUES & QUESTIONS # 16-20
An Abundance Of Questions And A Paucity Of Answers
The Project Of Counting The Larger Craters Of Mars
OVERLAID CRATERS
Evidence # 1 The Crater Distribution On Mars
Evidence # 2 The Rim Of The Hemisphere Of Craters
Evidence # 3 The Gigantic Hellas Crater
Commensurability Of Sizes - Asteroids And Mars Craters
Conclusion
Story 1-5
CHAPTER 2 Introduction
Evidence # 4 - The Tharsis Bulge
The Probable Thickness Of The Crust Of Mars
The Location Of The Tharsis Bulge
The Serene Hemisphere And The Elysium Bulge
Conclusion
Story 6
CHAPTER 3 Introduction - The Estimated Diameter Of Astra
Astra's Size
Evidence # 5 - Crustal Expansion
Rift Systems And Their Genesis On The Earth
The Rift System And Its Genesis On Mars
The Solar System's Biggest Rift System
HORSTS
GRABENS
The Valles Marineris
The Genesis Of The Valles Marineris
The Great African Rift Valley And Sodom-Gomorrah
Conclusion
Story 7
CHAPTER 4 The Biggest Volcanoes
In The Solar System
Introduction
The Location Of The Volcanoes Of Mars
The Sizes Of The Volcanoes On Mars
Sizes Of The Calderas (Ejecta Craters)
BASALTIC TRAPS
VOLCANIC CONES
CALDERAS (BLOW-HOLES)
The Estimated Elevations Of The Volcanoes Of Mars
ELEVATIONS ON THE EARTH
ON MARS
The Volumes Of The Vast Volcanoes Of Mars
CONIC BASES
The Viewing Of The Eruptions On Mars During Flybys
Hesiod On The Appearance Of Ares In 701 B.C.E.
Job On The Celestial Scenery During A Mars Flyby
Average Volcanic Flow Volumes Olympus Mons
Conclusion
Story 8-9
CHAPTER 5 The Place In Space
Where Astra Fragmented
Introduction
Average Asteroid Perihelion Distances From The Sun
The Probable Distance Of Astra's Fragmentation
Aphelion Distances Of The Fifteen Largest Asteroids
THE PROBABLE APHELION OF ASTRA
Evidence For The Rotation Of Astra
INTERNAL DISTRESS FOR MARS
Dating The Fragmenting Of Astra
A Solution By Computer Simulation
PREDICTION I
PREDICTION II
PREDICTION III
PREDICTION IV
PREDICTION V
The Fragmentation Of Astra In Greek Mythology
ASTRAEA
Ancient Hellenic Eyeballing Of Astra
Conclusion
Story 10-11
CHAPTER 6 The Ancient Ring
System Of Mars
Introduction And Review
A Blizzard Of Exploding Fragments And Logic
The Evidence Of Mars Asteroids
Evidence # 7 - The Orbit Of Phobos
Evidence # 8 - The Pitted Surface Of Tiny Phobos
Evidence # 9 - The Orbit Of Even Tinier Deimos
Evidence # 10 - Pitlets On The Surface Of Deimos
The Mars-Earth Wars And The Mars-Venus Wars
Evidence # 11 - The Pitlets On Gaspra
PREDICTION VI
PREDICTION VII
Evidence # 12 - Traditionalists And Their Lack Of Satisfactory Theory On Asteroid Genesis
THE VAN FLANDERN APPROACH TO ASTEROID GENESIS
Evidence # 13 - The Genesis of The Orbits of Deimos and Phobos
DIRECTIONS OF MOTION
ONE DIRECTION OF REVOLVING
MARS NOW IS IN AN ASTEROID-FREE ZONE
Troubling Issue # 1
Troubling Issue # 2
Troubling Issue # 3
Troubling Issue # 4
Conclusion
Story 12-14
CHAPTER 7 The Flood of Mars -
Followed By Its Ice Age
Introduction
The Rarefied Atmosphere Of Mars
Wishful Thinking By Astronomers For Life On Mars
William Herschel (1738 - 1822)
Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835 - 1910)
Percival Lowell (1855 - 1916)
The Pickerings
Photos Of The Surface Of Mars 1964 - 1971
Evidence Of The Flood Of Mars
NO IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
MISDIRECTED PUBLICITY AND CLAMOR
POST ASTRA IN TIMING
TWO ICY FRAGMENTATIONS
FLOWING WATER VELOCITIES
The Fragmentation Of An Ice Ball
(Chapter 7, continued)
The Second Of Two Fragmentations Of Scar-Faced Mars
THE SOURCE
THE ICE BALL'S NAME
Gradualists On The Dry River Beds Of Mars
TIMING AND CAUSE
THREE ISSUES
Short Term Icy Comets
SHORT TERM ICY COMETS
A Third Theory
Modeling The Fragmentation Of Glacis
THE ROCHE LIMIT OF VENUS
THE ROCHE LIMIT OF MARS
THE ROCHE LIMIT OF THE EARTH
TWO STARS, NOT ONE
CLIMATOLOGY
The Golden Fleece Of Aries
The Hebrew Angel Of Death And Its Wings
The Time Table Of The Exodus Passover
A MODEL OF ALL OF THE MARCH MARS FLYBYS
6:00 p.m.; 9:00 p.m.; 12:00 a.m.; 12:15 a.m.; 3:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.; 9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.; 3:00 p.m.
Conclusion
Story 15-18
Story 19
PERCIVAL LOWELL
CHAPTER 8 The Twin Tilts of
Mars and The Earth
Introduction
The Earth As A Gyroscope
Torsion
THE BOMARC MISSILE
Liquid Gyros: A New Field For Research
Mixing Silanes, Carbides And Water
Spin Axis Shift And The Final Flyby
RECIPROCAL TORSION
REPEATED TORSION
ALTERNATING TORSION
SOFT, FLUID GYROSCOPES
The Shortened Shadow Of The Sun Dial Of Ahaz
The Orientation Of 30 Foundations Of Ancient Temples Of The Mediterranean Region
Ancient Traditions Of Catastrophism Of The Indians Of North America
PREDICTION VIII
The Third Orbit Of Mars And Alternating Torques
JAMES CLERK-MAXWELL
Conclusion
Story 20-25
CHAPTER 9 Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630)
Introduction
How Did Mars Achieve Its Modern Orbit?
The Challenge
Energy and Angular Momentum
ENERGY
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
The Circulization Of The Orbit Of Mars
Issue 1. Mars And Astra Distances
Issue 2. The Moon And An Ancient 30-Day Orbit
Issue 3. The Earth And An Ancient 360-Day Year
Issue 4. Mars And An Ancient 720-Day Year
Energy And Its Equation
Issue 5. Astronomical Support Data
An Analysis Of Flyby Distances
One - Ninths --- Three Times
On The Scene Reporting
Oceanic Tides
Mars Diameter
Timing
Hesiod
Isaiah and Sennacherib
Conclusion
Story 26-33
CHAPTER 10 The Background For The Trojan War
Introduction
The Angular Momentum Exchange
The Changes To Four Planetary Orbits
VENUS
JUPITER
MARS
THE EARTH
THE MOON
On Scientific Discoveries
Conclusion
Story 34-37
CHAPTER 11 Introduction
Clue # 1 - The Moon And The Final Flyby Of Mars
THE DIONYSIUS EXIGUUS FACTOR
Clue # 2 - Dating The Final Fling Of Mars And Venus
THE STARTING POINT
Clue # 3 - The Location Of The Perihelion Of Venus
Hesiod Reporting On Planet Wars In 701 B.C.E.
Clue # 4 - RETRO-CALCULATING THE POSITION OF MARS BY MODEL THEORY Vs. BY OBSERVATION
Clue # 5 - Jupiter's Orbit And Old Earth's Orbit
Clue # 6 Retro-Calculating The Position Of Jupiter During The Final Flyby
Clue # 7 - Asteroid Orbits And The Hecuba Gap
Clue # 8 - The Twin Tilts Of Mars And The Earth
Clue # 9 - General Spin Axis Precession And The Fixed Stars
Luni-Solar Precession And Planetary Precession
The Dilemma Of Mesartim
The First Point Of Aries
Mesartim Today
The Dilemma In Dating Ancient Sumer
Conclusion
Story 38-45
CHAPTER 12 Clue # 10 - The Ancient Preference For 360-Day Calendars
Clue # 11 - The Missing Clue - Swift's Laputan Astronomers
RICHARDSON ON SWIFT'S SCENARIO
ISAAC ASIMOV ON SWIFT'S SCENARIO
THIS TEAM'S PERSPECTIVE ON SWIFT'S SCENARIO
Deimos And Phobos In Ancient Literature
CHINA
GREECE
ISRAEL
ARCTURUS
MAZZAROTH
Clue # 12 -Literary Scars Of Mars In The English Language
Catastrophic Words In English Derived From The Words Ares, Astra, Bel, Indra, Mars, Tyr, Etc.
From Chaldea, Phoenicia And Carthage And On To Rome
FROM CARTHAGE
FROM PHOENICIA
FROM CHALDEA
From Greece
TYPHON
ARES
DEIMOS
PHOBOS
From Egypt
From Rome
From India.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA
ANCIENT CHINESE
FROM HEBREW
Conclusion
Story 46-47
Volume II And Its Place In The Series
ENDNOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY