Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Emirati Journal of Space and Astronomy Sciences
Articles

Mountains Gravitational Pegs Stabilize the Earth’s Rotation Motion

Published 2023-06-30

Keywords

  • Moment of inertia,
  • Mountains,
  • Earth rotation,
  • Moment of the pressure force,
  • Earth’s irregularities,
  • Earth’s balancing corrective masses,
  • Mountains stabilizing Earth’s rotation,
  • Gravitational peg,
  • Antipode anomalies
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How to Cite

Saad, B. (2023). Mountains Gravitational Pegs Stabilize the Earth’s Rotation Motion. Emirati Journal of Space and Astronomy Sciences, 1(1), 4-25. https://doi.org/10.54878/pdhe1102

Abstract

Mountains and their usefulness for the terrestrial Globe are mentioned several times in the Quran. Especially, the Qur'an presents the mountains as pegs or stakes which ensure the equilibrium of the whole of the Globe and therefore its stability but it has not been reported anywhere in the Quran how they function to accomplish this extremely important role. According to the Quran, the role that mountains play as pegs should normally be miraculous, incredible, and even very great, far more importantthan the small role of stopping the movement of tectonic plates. If the mountains are made like pegs, it is to ensure the equilibrium of the whole of the Earth and probably not to stop parts of the Earth such in the theory ofcontinental drift. The aim ofthis paper is to study the effect of Mountains as gravitational stabilizers pegs for the Earth's rotation motion. The physical system studied is a single Mountain selected among all the Mountains that exist on the globe. The application of Newtonian mechanic’s lawsto the forces that act on the Mountains system leads us to find out the equation of the Earth’s rotation motion. As a result, the angular acceleration oscillates with an amplitude of 3.95 10−21rad.s−2. The analyses of the obtained results show that a single Mountain, if it existed alone, will destabilize the Earth and hide all the Tide’s effects on the Earth’s rotation motion. The biggest obstacle that prevents us from seeing this phenomenon is the fact that the Mountains that exist on Earth are numerous, symmetrically distributed with respect to each other. There are several thousands of Mountains on Earth and the terrestrial crust also contains many other irregularities. Thus, the effects of Mountainsand their antipode anomalies on the Earth's motion cancel out each other, achieving its stability. If Mountains didn’t exist, the Earth would have vibrated from the initial instant of its existence and thus derived from its trajectory long time ago. As a result, the Mountains are for the Earth what are balancing corrective masses for rotating bodies like the wheel: They stabilize the Earth indeed. Without Mountains, the Earth’s vibration can causecatastrophic failure, as well as noise and discomfort. Thus, the Mountains are gravitational pegs that stabilize the Earth’s rotation motion while orbiting along its helical trajectory following the Sun’s motion on its orbit.

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