Scale-Invariant Orbital Coherence: Locks Five Anomalies Across Astrophysical Scales Read as a Single Geometric Phenomenon
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We propose that five independently documented anomalies in contemporary astrophysics — each currently explained by domain-specific mechanisms with no connecting framework — are expressions of a single underlying geometric phenomenon: orbital coherence locking and its outcomes. The five anomalies are: the super-Earth metallicity cliff (Boley et al. 2024), the super-Earth / gas giant architectural correlation (Bryan & Lee 2025), the primordial sednoid alignment (Huang & Gladman 2024), the overmassive black hole in Leo I (Pacucci et al. 2023), and the unresolved stellar mass peak in planet occurrence (Kunz et al. 2024). No existing framework connects these five observations. We offer a geometric vocabulary that does. Testable predictions follow at each scale.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Stellar
planetary
and galactic studies
Galaxies: Formation
Evolution
Phenomena
Astro and Planetary Science
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 16 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint