Titius-bode rule

Titius-Bode Rule
A simple series of steps that produces numbers approximately matching the sizes of the planetary orbits.
Total Eclipse (lunar or Solar) ...

1766 - Johann Titius finds the Titius-Bode rule for planetary distances
1772 - Johann Bode publicizes the Titius-Bode rule for planetary distances
1781 - William Herschel discovers Uranus during a telescopic survey of the northern sky ...

Johann Elert Bode, (born Jan. 19, 1747, Hamburg [Germany]—died Nov. 23, 1826, Berlin), German astronomer best known for his popularization of Bode’s law, or the Titius-Bode rule, ...

See also: Solar System, Nebula, Sun, Distance, Solar