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Each planet tends to be roughly twice as far from the sun as its next Sunward neighbour. This is called

  1. Bode's Law

  2. Hawkin's Law

  3. Bagnold's Law

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Each planet tends to be roughly twice as far from the sun as its next Sunward neighbour. This is called Bode's Law. The Titius-Bode law is a hypothesis that the bodies in some orbital systems, including the Sun's orbit at semi-major axes in a function of planetary sequence. The hypothesis correctly predicted the orbits of Ceres and Uranus, but failed as a predictor of Neptune's orbit.

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