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Originally Posted by RalofTyr
Hmmm, the Titus-Bode law seems to be similar to the "Gas Giants only exist in the ice belt" way of thinking that all solar systems will be similar to ours. The article is trying to make 55 Can., fit into our mode of thinking of planet formation, which is looking to be incorrect due to our system bias.
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The authors are aware of that problem for their hypothesis, even though they considerably over-egg the significance of their curve-fitting efforts:
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The existence of two hot Jupiter-like planets (n = 1, 2), in this system opens the problem of how to understand the persistence of the Titius-Bode law against the phenomenon of planet migration.
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Grant Hutchison