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NEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCE However, when Sir William Herschel _ that are analogous to our silicate crust and numerical progression are: n (the Bode serendipitously located Uranus in 1781 mantle and to our nickel-iron core. law's progression number) plus four (the first new planet to be discovered in Also, Neptune's not matching any divided by 10, where n equals zero for recorded history), it was observed to be _ Bode's law projected position could be due planet no. 1 (Mercury), three for planet no. close to where Bode's law would have _ to that planet having shifted its original 2 (Venus), six for planet no. 3 (Earth), and positioned a planet beyond Saturn. orbit from a different position to its so on, with n continuing to double its Interestingly, Bode also had proposed value for each successive planet the name Uranus, which was adopted thereafter. Although the Bode's law for Herschel's new planet. projection for a trans-Uranian planet In 1801, Giuseppe Piazzi and others does not match Neptune's position, it began discovering objects in the i at does correlate broadly with Pluto's asteroid belt and found them to be Neither Titius nor Bode mean distance from the Sun. Bode's located between Mars and Jupiter, ever explained how n value for a planet beyond Uranus is almost precisely where Bode's law 4 384 (which is Pluto's n value). predicted a missing planet. the strange numerical Bode's n value for a planet beyond Nonetheless, most astronomers now progression was derived. Pluto is 768 (which is the unknown dismiss Bode's law as a fortuitous planet's n value). Therefore, 768 plus coincidence because the total four divided by 10 equals 77.2— combined mass of all asteroids is too which is the Bode's law projected AU small ever to have been a planet—and distance for a trans-Plutonian planet. because Bode's law has no correlation To best clear the CKBOs out of the with Neptune's location. present one, as is theorised by many 44-AU-wide Great Void, the massive However, the lack of mass in the astronomers. unknown planet should be moving in an asteroid belt may be due to a former Pluto, discovered in 1930 by Clyde orbit approximately halfway across the terrestrial planet orbiting between Mars Tombaugh, was found to be approximately | Void—close to 22 AU beyond the 50-AU and Jupiter having suffered a shattering at the mean AU distance where Bode's law _ end of the Kuiper belt. This would place collision aeons ago—with many of the _ indicated a planet beyond Uranus. its mean distance from the Sun at 72 exploded, irregularly shaped, multi-sized In addition, the unknown massive planet AU—slightly more than one-half an AU fragments having been distributed projected to exist in the Great Void different from the Bode's law projection. throughout its orbit, and with many more correlates fairly well with the 77.2-AU The table below compares the Bode's fragments having ended up on other distance that Bode's law proposes for a law predicted AU distances with the actual lanets or in the Sun or in outer space. _ planet beyond Pluto. AU distances of the solar system bodies. Also, metallic and "stony" meteorites that The correlation is apparent and were perturbed out of the asteroid belt and Bode's Law Formula remarkable. which landed on Earth have compositions The puzzling Bode's law formula and its Why Bode's law works may involve the spacing sequences undergone by the (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) pan tapiae nebular rings when they . ' ' irst formed 4.6 billion years ago. Neither PN Planet or Bode's n Value, Bode's Actual Titius nor Bode ever explained how the Planetary Formula and AU (Mean) AU strange numerical progression was Objects Progression Distance Distance derived. Titius may just have kept trying 1 Mercury 0+4/10 0.4 0.39 different sequences until he fortuitously 2 Venus 3+4/10 0.7 0.72 found one that best matched the positions 3 Earth 6+4/10 1.0 1.0 of the planets then known. 4 Mars 12+4/10 1.6 1.52 The existence of the new unknown 5 Asteroid belt 2444/10 2.8 2.8** planet (which I have named Muriel), 6 Jupiter 48+4/10 5.2 5.2 cannot be proved until it is located and 7 Saturn 96+4/10 10.0 9.54 verified by astronomers. I have given the 8 Uranus 192+4/10 19.6 19.18 name Bode to the planet that formerly 9 Neptune (no Bode's law) 30.06 orbited between Mars and Jupiter until it correlation exploded billions of years ago and broke 10 Pluto 384+4/10*** 38.8 39.44 up into asteroid belt fragments. oo 14 TInknawn nlanat TRALAIAIN**** 7792 9 the strange numerical progression was derived. Bode's Law Formula The puzzling Bode's law formula and its spacing sequences undergone by tne Kant-Laplace nebular rings when they (a) (b) (c) (¢) (e) first formed 4.6 billion years ago. Neither PN* Planet or Bode's n Value, Bode's Actual Titius nor Bode ever explained how the Planetary Formula and AU (Mean) AU strange numerical progression was Objects Progression Distance Distance derived. Titius may just have kept trying 1 Mercury 0+4/10 0.4 0.39 different sequences until he fortuitously 2 Venus 3+4/10 0.7 0.72 found one that best matched the positions 3 Earth 6+4/10 1.0 1.0 of the planets then known. 4 Mars 12+4/10 1.6 1.52 The existence of the new unknown 5 Asteroid belt 2444/10 2.8 2.8** planet (which I have named Muriel), 6 Jupiter 48+4/10 5.2 5.2 cannot be proved until it is located and 7 Saturn 96+4/10 10.0 9.54 verified by astronomers. I have given the 8 Uranus 192+4/10 19.6 19.18 name Bode to the planet that formerly 9 Neptune (no Bode's law) 30.06 orbited between Mars and Jupiter until it correlation exploded billions of years ago and broke 10 Pluto 384+4/10*** 38.8 39.44 up into asteroid belt fragments. oo 11 Unknown planet 768+4/10**** 77.2 2 * Position number. [Source: Great Neck Record, Long ** Approximate mean actual distance of asteroid belt objects. Island, New York, online edition, 13 *** Pluto's n value (384) is double that of Uranus (192), since Neptune's distance hasno | April 2007, http://tinyurl.com/365ymf. Bode equivalent. Julian Kane is an Earth scientist and *“* Unknown Planet Muriel's 7 value (768) is double that of Pluto's (384). retired professor at Hofstra University, http:/www.antonnews.com/greatneckrecord/2007/04/13/opinion/environmentalrecord.html New York, USA; he can be contacted by email at juliankane @ optonline.net.] (b) Planet or Planetary Objects (c) Bode's n Value, Formula and Progression (d) Bode's AU Distance Mercury Venus Earth Mars Asteroid belt Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune 0+4/10 3+4/10 6+4/10 12+4/10 2444/10 48+4/10 96+4/10 192+4/10 (no Bode's law) correlation 384+4/10*** 768+4/10**** 0.4 1.0 1.6 2.8 10.0 19.6 0.39 0.72 1.0 1.52 2.8** 9.54 19.18 30.06 Pluto Unknown planet 38.8 77.2 39.44 2 50 = NEXUS JUNE — JULY 2007 Neither Titius nor Bode ever explained how www.nexusmagazine.com