1. An empirical rule giving the approximate distances of planets from the sun.

It was first announced in 1766 by the German astronomer Johann Daniel Titius but was popularized only from 1772 by his countryman Johann Elert Bode.

Once thought to have some significance regarding the formation of the solar system, Bode’s law is now generally regarded as a numerological curiosity with no known justification.

2. An empirical law that generates the distances of planets and the position of the minor planet belt from the sun in astronomical units.