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%I #12 Jun 23 2014 23:51:10
%S 3032,7519,7926,4194,88736,74978,32193,30775,1423
%N Diameters in miles of the planets in the solar system, starting with the closest to the sun.
%C If we plot these numbers, we get something close to a normal distribution. If we look at the graph more closely, it may be construed as two bell curves: (1) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars; (2) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
%C There are many ways in which this sequence is unsatisfactory. The status of Pluto as a planet is now in doubt. The true values are unlikely to be integers. The use of miles rather than kilometers is deprecated. - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Sep 28 2006
%H Author?, <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769141.html">The Planets</a>
%t Planets = {"Mercury", "Venus", "Earth", "Mars", "Jupiter", "Saturn", "Uranus", "Neptune", "Pluto"}; Round[0.000621371*N[AstronomicalData[#, "Diameter"], 12] & /@ Planets] (* _Robert G. Wilson v_, Jun 23 2014 *)
%K nonn,fini,full,dumb,less
%O 1,1
%A _Cino Hilliard_, May 17 2006
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