Nested vorticity and orbital streamlines

RSI holds that the same mechanical laws apply at every scale. A galaxy is a large topological knot, and a planetary system is a smaller sub-vortex caught up in the galactic flow.

In the high-tension continuous medium (0.73 N), a massive body like the Sun drags the surrounding field into rotation. The medium is not still. The familiar pattern in which nearer planets orbit faster (v ∝ r⁻¹ᐟ²) is, in RSI, the result of planets riding the Laminar Flow of the Sun's sub-vortex.

The theory points to several signs of this medium. The Solar System lies in a nearly flat plane, which RSI attributes to a Centrifugal Pressure Gradient that pushes debris toward the equator. Clocks on navigation satellites, which fly inclined prograde orbits, keep time as relativity predicts. Whether the solar sub-vortex leaves any further, direction-dependent effect on them is an open question, not a prediction.