What is the Titius-Bode Law and its significance?

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The Titius-Bode Law is a hypothesis that suggests celestial bodies in certain orbital systems, including the solar system, follow an exponential function in their semi-major axes based on their sequence. This law accurately predicted the orbits of Ceres and Uranus but did not successfully predict Neptune's orbit. The discussion highlights the significance of this law in understanding planetary arrangements and its limitations in astronomical predictions.

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titius–Bode_law" …
The Titius–Bode law (sometimes termed just Bode's law) is a hypothesis that the bodies in some orbital systems, including the Sun's, orbit at semi-major axes in an exponential 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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