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bode law

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Bode's law

  [boh-duhz]
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–noun Astronomy.
a numerical scheme that gives the approximate distance from the sun of the seven inner planets but fails for Neptune and Pluto.
Also called Titius-Bode law.

Origin:
1825–35; after Johann E. Bode (1747–1826), German astronomer, though prob. first formulated by Johann D. Titius (Tietz) (1729–96)
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