Crystals II

Our Complete Solar System

Our Complete Solar System

After taking in a deep breath, Orpheus continued nonstop almost immediately, casting his eye on Eurydice who seemed to be still tired, holding a glass of juice in her hand that is almost empty.

‘After the creation of the first eight planets, the titanic forces were accumulating stellar matter and all the remains of the initial molecular cloud of our solar system following their initial plan for the creation of the other four planets so as to correspond to the twelve titanic forces. But, as we said above, clashes had already begun between the three Titans and the strongest but also most moderate of them all, Oceanus, who did not wish to reach the point of irrevocable toppling of Uranus. In any case, the time had come to set in motion their plans for independence from Uranus. Upon completion of the solar system, the titanic forces would commence the process of their declaration of independence. For that reason, they were speeding up their work, the closer they came to the process of the creation of the planetary system. The sun had of course already been functioning and sending its rays to the already completed planets. The ensuing clashes, the Titans’ haste and in their preparations in general, caused them to neglect their main work responsibility, that of the creation of the planets. Thus, the rest of the four planets remained incomplete, eventually assuming the form of planetoids under the name Dwarf Planets, while the rest of the material, either in the form of molecular cloud or chunks of stellar matter, were left to roam freely and following a random course, were eventually directed toward particular areas of our planetary system, such as the Asteroid Belt, the Kuiper Belt¸ the Interstellar Scattered Disc Objects (SDO) and the Oort Cloud.

Thus, those first eight complete planets and the other – finally five – dwarf planets that remained incomplete, were accordingly named after the titanic powers. But during the third Battle of the Titans between the Supernatural and Natural forces, i.e., the clash between the titanic powers of Cronos on the one side and the Olympian Gods and Zeus on the other, the names were changed. In other words, with the takeover by the Olympians, the names of the Olympian Gods were given to the planets, if we exclude the grandfather and the father of Zeus, i.e., Uranus and Saturn respectively, which were retained in honor of the two, as well as the name ‘Earth’ in honor of Gaia who had taken sides with the Olympians.

Between Mars and Jupiter and at a distance of between 2.1 – 3.3 AU from the sun, there was an area, today known as the Asteroid Belt24 that was neglected by the Titans. It is the border that separates the terrestrial (inner) solid-crust planets from the giant (outer) gaseous planets of the solar system. Occasionally, small groups of objects may escape from the main Asteroid Belt area and reach the orbit of Jupiter. Such groups are the Greeks and Trojans. They are made up of the material that was forgotten when the clashes of the titanic forcers against Uranus commenced, and remained drifting aimlessly in space. The material from those asteroids could create a dwarf planet but the great gravitational force of Jupiter did not permit it. If such celestial body had been created it would most likely have become another satellite of Jupiter by getting in orbit around it. It could also have been crushed to pieces due the planet’s great gravitational force. In the area within the Main Asteroid Belt, there is the incomplete dwarf planet Ceres25 at a medium distance from the sun of about 2.77 AU. It was named after Goddess Demeter (Ceres in Latin), protector of Sicily, the home of the scientist who discovered it. Along Ceres, there are about sixteen known smaller objects of a few hundred kilometers in diameter as well as hundreds of thousands of even smaller sizes. The value of the asteroid belt is of great scientific interest since the belt includes untouched original material that has remained unaffected for 5 billion years, like that from which our planetary system was created. That material offers itself for study so that we can better understand the manner our planetary system was created, the building material used and its makeup in general. Past the Asteroid Belt, Ceres inclusive, lie, the giant planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, as already mentioned, followed by the Kuiper Belt.

The Kuiper Belt consists of small, frozen stellar objects. It is a disc along the plane of the planetary orbits, i.e., coincident to that of the Earth’s elliptical, situated in the outer area of the Solar System, beyond the average orbit of Neptune, at a distance of 30 AU (~30-50 AU). The belt consists of two kinds of objects: small objects, similar to planet Pluto moving around the sun in a slow orbit, and comet nuclei. It is considered as something like a second asteroid belt, beyond the ‘Main Asteroid Belt’ and it is a line of defense for the civilization on earth against the objects entering our planetary system from the outermost expanse26. Pluto27, the dwarf planet residing within the Kuiper Belt, follows. It was up until recently considered the smallest planet and the furthest from the sun at an average distance of 5.93 billion km (43.13 AU). Then the planet Haumea28 originally named Leto by the titanic powers, follows. It resides within the Kuiper belt, at an average distance of 6.5 billion km (43.13 AU), travelling along with its two satellites and belongs to the post-Neptunian objects. There is also another dwarf planet within the Kuiper Belt, Makemake29 originally named Mnemosyne by the titanic forces, at an average distance of 6.9 billion km (45.8 AU).

Right past the above lie the Interstellar Scattered Disc Objects (SDO) of post-Neptunian objects, beyond a distance of 30 AU from the sun, which are affected by the movement of Neptune but also additively by the rest of the giant planets, going beyond their aphelion30 extending to even 100 astronomical units (30-100 AU). The most important celestial body in the Scattered Disc Objects is the dwarf planet Eris31, at an average distance of 10.2 billion km (~68 AU). Eris possesses a satellite, Dysnomia and is the fifth dwarf planet32 in our solar system, and the ninth known celestial body rotating around the sun without being a satellite.

Within the outer area of our solar system, i.e., past the orbit of Neptune, lies an area dominated by Comets whose nursery is mainly the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud. Many known comets number in thousands, but it is estimated that there are many billions of them. Occasionally, they may enter the inner area of our solar system. But, due to their becoming subject to the attraction of the giant planets, the asteroids and the sun itself, collisions with the Earth are avoided but not precluded in the future. Then lies the area of Heliopause33, at a distance of about 16 billion km (106 AU) in which the outgoing particles of solar wind from our solar system meet up with the incoming particles from interstellar area, exerting equivalent pressure on one another. The last system of our solar system is the spherical Oort loud at a distance exceeding fifty thousand astronomical units (50000 AU). Somewhere far away beyond that point, there might be another unknown object, possibly lying between the Kuiper Belt and the area of the comets, since the Kuiper Belt ends abruptly at 49 Astronomical Units (49 AU). This might indicate the presence of a large body residing at that distance. Out there might be the ninth planet, perhaps still in the form of a simple asteroid which should be named Vesta, except if it reveals some form of complexity, for example, being a twin planet or having another pair of asteroids following it, as is the case of Pluto and Charon, which in fact comprise a double planet. Then the planet might be given the name of a pair, for example, Apollo-Diana.

The Titanic forces of the Universe had created the rest of the planetary system in such a way that the outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto would protect the inner planets of Mercury, Venus, mainly Earth and Mars, from outer stellar objects. In general however, the main lines of defense are the Oort Cloud, the Kuiper Belt, and the gigantic planets, mainly Jupiter with its 67 satellites, which, due to their great gravitational field would either ‘attract’ or ‘repulse’ whatever crossed their path, changing its course. Secured to a great extent, planet Earth and the lifeforms that inhabit its body and its surface, would continue a perpetual journey in space and time. Starship ‘Earth’ would be safe. Dangers would only lie from within.

Upon completion of the planetary system, the names of the planets were given by the titanic forces, starting with ‘Earth’, which was named after Gaia, the mother of all lifeforms, a name that was later retained by the Olympian gods. ‘Gaia’ had sided with the Titans against Uranus, when the latter went off course. Later, when Titans would fall to arrogance, ‘Gaia’ would again fight against the arrogant Titans and support the new generation, the Olympians. Possessing great motherly love and care for all living things, ‘Gaia’ has always sided with justice, love, knowledge and beauty. To the rest of the planets, the titanic forces gave their own names. However, after the takeover of the Natural Forces, the planets were named after the Olympian gods.

Thus, the creation of our solar system was completed. The titanic forces of the Universe then turned their attention to the further study and idealization of planet ‘Earth’. Their objective was complete just prior to 4.6 billion years ago’.

The Titans select Planet Earth

At that point Orpheus stopped his narration and Eurydice, who had taken her rest in the meantime, took over. Orpheus looked around at the scientists observing him, while he was listening to Eurydice describe the continuation of their cosmic journey.

‘After the titanic forces eventually focused on the third planet, they saw that its placement was good but not an ideal one, since along the line their plans had changed and the final number of the planets had changed as a result of that as well, neglecting the last planetoids which were practically left to fare alone. From their studies, they could tell that Earth should acquire some extra mass, so that her gravitational field would increase and assume a more advantageous position in relation to the sun. For that reason, they pushed upon the fiery surface of that planet small stellar objects that up to that point had been roaming free in space. As a result of that process, they started eventually a game amongst themselves, grabbing any incoming object and unleashing it towards the surface of the earth. They laughed and took bets as to who would be able to cause the highest lava burst, until Oceanus reminded them that they should pull themselves together and remember their objective. Then they realized that they had in fact exceeded their initial estimations and that the mass of the Earth had increased more than it should have, thus increasing its gravitational pull depending on the density of matter. Right at that moment, one of the four children of Iapetus, Prometheus, suggested the creation of a satellite for Earth, which would serve a multitude of purposes. For example, it would be another final line of defense for the planet, or for future scientific study, such as man’s first scientific ‘leap’ beyond Earth, but also for providing a small source of light at night, that would contribute to the wellbeing of the living creatures on it. That satellite would prove very significant as well as convenient for the presence of life on Earth.

In a manner of speaking, since it can be referred to in this connection, that small surplus piece from planet Earth had to be cut off, and be bonded if necessary to another small stellar object or be added to smaller drifting pieces, so as to create Earth’s satellite. That is what happened, endowing the planet with every element that would help Earth become a true paradise with its personal escort, which would reflect part of sunlight on the Earth’s surface at night.

When at last that solar system was complete, together with all the planets and their 180 satellites, the Unified Power, Uranus, had already sent inter-empathetic messages and directives so that Hyperion would ignite the first thermonuclear fusion in the star of the planetary system and the Titans would sow the seeds of life on any of the planets had the specifications to start life in them, creating the preconditions for that to happen. Hyperion, however, had already ignited the first nuclear fusion and the sun was already fully functional. Following that, all the titanic forces started to eject parts of titanic forces on the fiery Earth and Mars to prime them for carrying life when the time came. It was at that point that Oceanus, Hyperion, Iapetus and Cronos set up an initial directorate that would direct the web of conspiracy as regards the local kingdom they intended to create, supplanting Uranus. The wise and prudent Oceanus was trying to maintain calm and balance between themselves and their father.

This small and humble but extremely beautiful planet, the Earth, would become the habitat of the Titans when Earth would be filled with beauty and life by the titanic seeds that fell on the fiery surface of the earth and mixed with the burning lava, spreading across all of its points. Planet Earth had been primed to bear and give birth to life. So everything started from the Titans’ need to self-actualize and incarnate. As a result, great attention was paid to the creation and position of that particular planet, to its form and its neighborhood, so as to secure life as much as possible. For that purpose, the Titans communicated amongst themselves by means of their own inter-empathetic medium. When at a later stage the titanic forces would acquire their own unique personal entity, each and every one of them would mix their autonomous energizing force with the earth and contribute to the creation, the evolution and the protection of life, until the point Homo sapiens would appear.

Dear friends! We are nothing but grains of sand in the wondrous and exquisite universe. But we have already digressed dangerously towards arrogance and cynicism. There are billions of galaxies and start systems up there and all we do is project our smallness and pettiness with unsurpassed stupidity. Hubris we have fallen into, which is not accosted by Modesty, will soon call for Nemesis. And then it will be too late for us to have a change of mind. It is time we understood our position in this wonderful Universe, our position on this wonderful, blue planet’.