The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter may be the remnants of a failed planet. If so, then Jupiter is really in position 6, Saturn is in 7, and so on. Repeat Exercise 23, using this revised method of numbering the positions. Which method seems to work better?
Exercise 23
Let's look again at the pattern in the locations of the planets in our solar system seen in the table in Exercise 22.

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Position Distance from Sun Length of Year Planet Number (million miles) (Earth years) Mercury Venus Earth Mars lupiter Saturn Uranus 7 Neptune8 Pluto 024 0.61 67 1.00 1.88 11.86 29.46 84.07 164.82 247.68 142 887 1784 2796 3707