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The Symmetric Plane

A fundamental premise of the scientific method is that any kind of symmetry in a natural system implies the action of a force. This report finds a new Plane of Symmetry for the Solar System, one within which the motion of all the planets is symmetric. Such a plane is developed as a least squares fit, and the motion of the planets is investigated in three ways: in the XY plane of the new coordinate system, perpendicular to this plane in the Z direction, and perpendicular to the X direction. The motion of the planets is shown to be symmetric in all three orientations. These particular characterists of the planets' motion is not explained by any current theory, hence implying the existence of a new fundamental force.

This kind of inverse problem is pertinent to modern astronomy, in the interpretation of data on planets orbiting other stars. The Plane of Symmetry analysis shows how our own Solar System behaves like three massive bodies: the Sun, prograde planets, and retrograde planets. The implication is that observations of other solar systems, comprised typically of a star and two very massive gas planets, is most likely a star and a collection of small planets. The gas planet conlusion assumes the light received is unaffected by the journey through deep space; the analysis here assumes a minimal amount of dissipation that leaves only the general outlines of the solar system and not the exact minutae.

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