Local Scavengers

I recently bought a new recliner to replace my old one. This afternoon I put the old one out by the street for tomorrow's pickup. Within half an hour it was gone.

Within two hours it was back.

It's in *really* bad shape. :-)

In Step

On a larger scale, this is how the Titius-Bode Law works:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/05/17/184815141/the-little-metronome-that-wouldnt

Note the comments about metronomes which aren't set to the same pace. Now, think of gravitational resonances between the planets.