Etymology

Titius-Bode law

Today it means: The hypothesis that the bodies in some orbital systems, including the Sun's, orbit at semimajor axes in a function of planetary sequence. Full definition →

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Named for Johann Daniel Titius and Johann Elert Bode.

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