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FROM WHENCE ORES APPEARED ON THE EARTH OR UNUSUAL JOURNEY OF MERCURY AT THE PLEASURE OF BARON MÜNCHHAUSEN (SCIENTIFIC FANTASY)

V. S. Bochkarev

Siberian Scientific and Analytical Center, Tyumen, Russia

The article discusses the main problem of geology humorously on behalf of Baron Münchhausen, i. e. from where ores and minerals, which genesis determines their prospects and methods of prospecting, came on the Earth. This problem is solved against the background of the Earth’s formation model as a primary planet. The main features of the Solar system, which eluded astrophysicists, are taken as a basis. First, a distinct division of the planets into two groups, namely, dense but “small” planets of the Earth’s group and gaseous giants. Another peculiarity is an efficient quantization of all orbits and their ellipsoidal forms. Third, is the product of planet mass by its distance to another supposed star being situated between Jupiter and the asteroid belt, the value, on average, equal for planets of every group. Academician V.E. Fortov’s statement that the core is plasma rather than liquid forms the basis of the Earth’s structure. It is believed that a shock wave in the first explosion of a binary star disrupted their shells of gas and formed the planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. That shock wave, due to an increase in temperature, led to the formation of heavy chemical elements such as iron-uranium, which caused the collapse of a second star and its repeated explosion evolving to a neutron star or a white dwarf. The second explosion brought into existence dense planets of another group.

Keywords: ore mineral resources, Earth, binary star, Solar System.

DOI 10.20403/2078-0575-2018-2-100-103