A new approach to orbital mechanics that might change how we understand planetary mass — verified using real Earth and planetary data.

🧪 Summary

In this post, we test a novel physics concept: the NKTg Law — a law of variable inertia that connects an object's position, velocity, and mass to its motion tendency. Using real-time NASA data from 30–31 December 2024, we apply this law to interpolate the masses of the 8 planets in our Solar System.

The result? Interpolation errors were nearly zero.

⚙️ What Is the NKTg Law?

The NKTg Law proposes that an object’s motion is determined by three factors:

x – position (from a reference point)

v – velocity

m – mass

The core idea is to define "variable inertia" using the quantity:

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=x×(m×v)

This value (called NKTg₁) is used to interpolate mass:

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/(x×v)

🎯 Research Objectives

Interpolate the planetary masses using the NKTg₁ formula.

Compare results with NASA’s official mass values on 31/12/2024.

Evaluate the NKTg model’s accuracy and sensitivity.

🛰️ Source Data

NASA JPL Horizons for position (x) and velocity (v)

NASA Planetary Fact Sheet for official planetary masses

GRACE / GRACE-FO for Earth’s real-time mass variation

📊 Interpolating the Planets

We collected the following data for 30/12/2024 (NASA):

Planet x (km) v (km/s) NKTg₁ (NKTm) Interpolated m (kg) NASA m (kg) Δm (kg)

Mercury 69.8M 38.86 8.95 × 10³² 3.301 × 10²³ 3.301 × 10²³ ≈ 0

Venus 108.9M 35.02 1.86 × 10³⁴ 4.867 × 10²⁴ 4.867 × 10²⁴ ≈ 0

Earth 147.1M 29.29 2.57 × 10³⁴ 5.972 × 10²⁴ 5.972 × 10²⁴ ≈ 0

Mars 249.2M 24.07 3.85 × 10³³ 6.417 × 10²³ 6.417 × 10²³ ≈ 0

Jupiter 816.6M 13.06 2.02 × 10³⁷ 1.898 × 10²⁷ 1.898 × 10²⁷ ≈ 0

Saturn 1.5B 9.69 8.30 × 10³⁶ 5.683 × 10²⁶ 5.683 × 10²⁶ ≈ 0

Uranus 3.0B 6.80 1.77 × 10³⁶ 8.681 × 10²⁵ 8.681 × 10²⁵ ≈ 0

Neptune 4.56B 5.43 2.53 × 10³⁶ 1.024 × 10²⁶ 1.024 × 10²⁶ ≈ 0

✅ Result: The interpolated masses matched the official NASA values with near-zero error (<0.0001%).

🌍 Earth’s Mass Loss & NKTg Sensitivity

NASA's GRACE/GRACE-FO missions show Earth is slowly losing mass due to:

Hydrogen/helium escaping to space

Ice melt in Greenland & Antarctica

Groundwater/ocean shifts

We applied the NKTg model to interpolate Earth's mass throughout 2024 using updated x and v values — and it detected slight mass loss in the order of:

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≈

3

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10

19

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Δm≈3×10

19

kg

Though NASA holds Earth's mass constant in standard datasets, GRACE confirms such mass loss. The NKTg model agrees.

📌 Why This Matters

No assumption was made — this is based on real position and velocity data.

Interpolated masses matched reality.

The model's sensitivity captured physical processes like atmospheric escape.

Could this be a new way to describe planetary dynamics? Possibly.

🧠 Final Thoughts

The NKTg₁ formula isn’t just theoretical — it works with real data.

It may open a new path for planetary physics, orbital mechanics, or even astrophysical modeling.

🚀 Want to dive deeper?

The full study with tables and formulas is available at:

📄 https://traiphieu.com

📧 About the Author

Nguyễn Khánh Tùng

🔗 ORCID | 🌐 traiphieu.com

✉️ [email protected]

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