Earth: 15 Million Years Ago
by
Masataka Mizushima
Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309

In Einstein's general Relativity, the metric component gxx in the direction of motion (x-direction) of our sun deviates from unity due to a tensor potential caused by the black holes existing at the center of the galaxy. Because the solar system is orbiting around the galactic center at 200 km/s, the theory predicts that the Newtonian potential due to the sun is anisotropic. At the present time the ecliptic plane is almost perpendicular to the galactic plane, corresponding to the potential minimum produced by the modification of the Newtonian potential. The ecliptic plane is assumed to maintain this orientation in the galactic space as it orbits around the center, and the rotational angular momentum of Earth around its axix can be assumed to be conserved. The summer solstice is toward the galactic center. As a consequence the rotational axis of Earth would be parallel to the axis of the orbital motion of Earth 15 million years ago, if the solar system has been orbiting around the galactic center at 200 km/s. The present theory concludes that Earth did not have its season 15 million years ago. Therefore, the water on Earth was accunurated at the poles as ice, and the sea level was very low. Geological evidence exists which confirms this effect.

Date received: April 13, 2007