Multiple choice

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

  1. Hawkins's Law

  2. Bode's Law

  3. Bagnold's Law

  4. All of the above

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B Correct answer
Explanation

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. According to this law each planet tends to the roughly twice as far from the sun as its next Sunward neighbor.

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