
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wesson, PS 
T1  - Tests of Randomness in Astronomical Objects. I. Along Single Great Circles
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1975
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
SP  - 453
EP  - 462
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PH750453 
N2  - Results are presented for the first of two extensive computer tests for nonrandomness in the interobject positions of astronomical objects. The aim is to test the two predictions: the geometrical effect that it is impossible to put an arbitrarily large number of objects on the surface of a sphere and have them all randomly equivalent; and the physical effect that any astronomical objects which occur in clumps or clusters (like galaxies) should show the predicted regular-chain effect of Scott et at. (1954). Four other physical effects expected to give rise to nonrandomness are also discussed, including the Arp hypothesis 
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