Bodes Law of the planets

From: Anthony Dunk (anthonyd_at_rocketmail.com)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: 20 Jun 2004 22:56:35 -0700

Does anyone know if the reason that the orbits of the planets roughly
obey Bode's Law has been found. (Bodes Law says that the distance of
planet n from the sun is 3(n-1)+4 units, where Mercury is planet 1,
Venus planet 2, etc).

Anthony.

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