ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS --
EQUILIBRIUM DISTANCES Between Stars !

               Contrary to currently-accepted theory, stars do NOT 
          follow simple free orbits around the center of a galaxy 
          (around the mass inside each orbit).  According to the 
          comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the Physical Universe 
          developed by the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson, stars (lone 
          stars, solar systems, binary star systems, or multiple star 
          systems) occupy EQUILIBRIUM DISTANCES between each other LIKE 
          MOLECULES IN A LIQUID, and with a certain amount of VISCOSITY. 

               Each star (system) has a GRAVITATIONAL LIMIT (again 
          contrary to currently-accepted theory) which depends on its 
          mass.  Each star (system) is OUTSIDE the gravitational limits 
          of its neighbors, and therefore it tends to MOVE AWAY from 
          them because of the OUTWARD SCALAR MOTION inherent in the 
          universe, [which is the REAL CAUSE of its expansion].  At the 
          same time, each star is INSIDE the gravitational limit of the 
          galaxy as a whole, which allows the INWARD SCALAR MOTION of 
          gravitation to pull the stars together toward the galactic 
          center or disc. 
          
               Likewise, in globular star clusters, each star is 
          OUTSIDE the gravitational limits of its neighbors, but INSIDE 
          the gravitational limit of the AGGREGATE globular cluster, so 
          EQUILIBRIUM DISTANCES are maintained.  [Note that globular 
          star clusters show little or NO ROTATION that would prevent 
          all the stars from falling into one big mass at the center.] 
          
               Globular clusters are NOT in orbits around the center of 
          their galaxy, but are instead FALLING INTO the galaxy from 
          intergalactic space where they were formed relatively 
          RECENTLY.  (They contain the YOUNGEST stars in the Universe, 
          NOT the oldest.)  As they fall, they tend to lose stars and 
          break-up into OPEN star clusters, because of the aggregate 
          galaxy's disruptive gravitational effect on them as they get 
          closer.  Observation has shown that the closer a globular 
          cluster is to the disc or center of our galaxy, the FEWER 
          stars it has.  And it is NO more possible for a globular 
          cluster to pass thru the disc or center of a galaxy than it 
          is for a drop of water falling into a pail of water to pass 
          INTACT to the bottom of the pail. 


               A WEALTH of Information about the GENERAL UNIFIED Theory 
          of the Physical Universe developed by the late Physicist 
          Dewey B. Larson can be found at the web site 
          http://www.rstheory.com .

                               Robert E. McElwaine
                               B.S., Physics and Astronomy, UW-EC

          P.S.: PASS IT ON !