A skeptical Bode's law lab.

This article explores the concept of Bode's law, also known as the Titius-Bode law, which is used to predict the distances between planets and the Sun. It discusses the history of Bode's law and its limitations, such as its failure to predict the location of Neptune and its inability to account for the asteroid belt. The article presents a project for students to investigate Bode's law and compare it with the laws of Kepler and Newton to evaluate its reliability as a predictor of planetary spacings. While Bode's law may have some predictive power in terms of orbital stability, it is not considered a scientifically accurate explanation for the spacing between planets. Kepler's laws, based on data fitting and ratios of squares and cubes, provide a more accurate description of planetary motion. [Extracted from the article]