There are many problems with that hypothesis. First of all there is no
interaction between photons and a magnetic field. Secondly photons
present a pressure, not an attraction.

I have a better idea.

As the planet circles the sun, there is coupling of the iron core to the
sun's magnetic field. (Yes the iron core is not ferromagnetic due to the
heat being over the curie temperature, but there is still coupling due to
it being conductive and the associated electrical eddy currents).

This causes electrical currents, forces on the core and eddies, which
generate heat and a magnetic field. Since there is curl in the magnetic
field from the sun, there will be more field lines penetrating the earth
on the sun side than on the far side. The effect would be a braking
effect on the sun side of the earth that exceeds the braking effect on
the far side. This effect would impart an angular moment to the earth
until it is spinning at exactly the right rate so that the same number of
lines are penetrating each side per unit of time are the same (as an
approximation).

I have done some math on the expected rate of rotation if this effect
were true using the average orbital radius of the earth, and the radius
of the middle of the magma in the earth, and the actual rotation of the
earth and the rate I computed were fairly close.

I have never heard this proposed before, but it might be worth following
up.

I never posted it because there are a few flies in the ointment. First
some planets such as mercury do not rotate. But that could be due to
tidal locking, and lack of an iron or conductive core. The second
problem is that the orbit of the earth should be losing energy. Maybe it
is, but I have never seen any reference to that. If it is not losing
energy then where is the energy coming from? The only answer I could
come up with would be from the ZPE, but I am not aware of an theories as
to how that would work. It keeps the electrons in orbit around atoms (by
some theorys), but not sure it works on the astrological scale.

Marshall

peter wrote:

PRINCIPLE OF PLANETARY ROTATION

STATES
when photons emitted from the sun enters planetary magnetic field on
the side facing the sun, photons will be deflected by planetary
magnetic field and absorbed at an angle on the planet surface the
absorbsion of photons will generate attarction force between the
planet and the sun due to inter-photon attraction of the radiated
photons,the genearted attraction force between the sun and the planet
will than be resolved at an tangent to the point of absorbsion into
rotational force of the planet by trigonometrical resolution of of
resultant angle of photon absorbsion.

PROPOSED BY PETER JULY/10/2003