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Originally Posted by umop ap!sdn
One thing that strikes me as odd about the Titius-Bode formula is the initial value of k. Looking at all the values after the first one we find that they fit the series of 2^n. Logically, then, the first should be 0.5 not 0. We might expect it to continue to .25, .125, etc, and for the equation the series limit would be 0.4 AU.
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You meant, 0.55 AU, right?
PS: Oops, I see what you mean. The formula would only produce 0.4 AU in the limit. My misconstrue. But, then, it does have that as a limit...
01-September-2006, 03:54 AM
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