Franz Heeke: Jupiter's and Saturn's Motion

Figure 2: Approximate Path of Jupiter's and Saturn's center about the center of mass of their planetary system - roughly calculated by the author.

Jupiter's Motion Saturn's Motion
Unit of time (dot-dot) 4.25 hrs Unit of time 6.6 hrs

Table 2: Planet Data

Planet Ring-System?	Saturn yes!	Jupiter yes	Uranus yes	Neptun yes	Mars no	Earth no
Radius (km)	60 268	71 492	25 559	24 764	3 397	6 378
Rotation Period (h)	10.7	9.9	- 17.2	16.1	24.6	23.9
Equatorial Velocity (km/s) (a)	9.87	12.58	2.59	2.68	0.24	0.46
Escape Velocity (km/s) Orbital Vel. (km/s) (b)	35.5 25.1	59.5 42.1	21.3 15.1	23.5 16.6	5.03 3.60	11.19 7.90
Ratio (a) : (b)	1 : 2.5	1 : 3.3	1 : 5.8	1 : 6.2	1 : 15	1 : 17
Density (kg/dm3)	0.69	1.33	1.27	1.64	3.93	5.51
Ellipticity	0.098	0.065	0.023	0.017	0.006	0.003

Above data suggest, that a favourable ratio of equatorial velocity to escape- velocity is a precondition for formation of planetary ring systems (rings presumably formed from ejected, escaped matter). This ratio (a : b) also seems to determine the mean density and ellipticity of a planet.
Data Source: NASA < http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/ > with own calculations.
The rotation period and radius of Uranus are not well defined yet. Uranus' mean density will fall into the apparent pattern, if its radius is being measured at a somewhat different pressure level.

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Figure 3/5: Swing System

"Shaker effects" as described in Article 1 and 2 are equivalent to swing effects. A rotation in a swing (grafik) is being driven by lifting one's body mass against earth's gravitation.
A rotation produced by "shaker effects" is being driven by "lifting" masses against centrifugal forces - as in case of a rotating fluid in an shaken glass. Gravitational forces and centrifugal forces are equivalent, as far as laws of motion are concerned

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