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Melita, MD and Miraglia, JE (2021)

On the applicability of Benford law to exoplanetary and asteroid data

New Astronomy, p. 101654.

ISSN/ISBN: Not available at this time. DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2021.101654



Abstract: In this article we investigate the masses, orbital periods, semimajor axis, eccentricities and radii of the existing exoplanets by comparing the first and second digit probabilities with Benford laws’s predictions. It is found that the masses, orbital periods and semimajor axis conform to Benfordós law quite well, but radii fail. It is also investigated the first digits occurrence corresponding to a given order of magnitude. We introduce a top function which can estimate all the probabilities of the first digit order-to-order.


Bibtex:
@article{, title = {On the applicability of Benford law to exoplanetary and asteroid data}, journal = {New Astronomy}, pages = {101654}, year = {2021}, issn = {1384-1076}, doi = {10.1016/j.newast.2021.101654}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1384107621000865}, author = {M.D. Melita and J.E. Miraglia}, }


Reference Type: Journal Article

Subject Area(s): Natural Sciences, Physics