Tom Van Flandern,
Abstract.
The hypothesis of the explosion of a number of planets and moons of our solar
system during its 4.6-billion-year history is in excellent accord with all
known observational constraints, even without adjustable parameters. Many of
its boldest predictions have been fulfilled. In most instances, these
predictions were judged highly unlikely by the several standard models the eph
would replace. And in several cases, the entire model was at risk to be
falsified if the prediction failed. The successful predictions include: (1)
satellites of asteroids; (2) satellites of comets; (3) salt water in
meteorites; (4) “roll marks” leading to boulders on asteroids; (5) the
time and peak rate of the 1999 Leonid meteor storm; (6) explosion signatures
for asteroids; (7) strongly spiked energy parameter for new comets; (8)
distribution of black material on slowly rotating airless bodies; (9)
splitting velocities of comets; (10) Mars is a former moon of an exploded
planet.
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