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Data source: Caclculated using Astropy
Additional Info: ^{See full details} I wrote a Python script using Astropy to calculate the distance between the named planets on the first day of each month for every year.

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The distance between Neptune and Earth correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Has img?
US birth rates of triplets or more	r=0.99	20yrs	No
Popularity of the first name John	r=0.99	48yrs	No
Arson in United States	r=0.99	38yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Mary	r=0.99	48yrs	No
Remaining Forest Cover in the Brazilian Amazon	r=0.99	36yrs	Yes!
The divorce rate in North Carolina	r=0.98	23yrs	No
Google searches for 'desktop background'	r=0.98	17yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Marc	r=0.98	48yrs	No
Milk consumption	r=0.98	32yrs	No
Popularity of the first name David	r=0.98	48yrs	No
Burglaries in Virginia	r=0.98	38yrs	No
Arson in Texas	r=0.98	38yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Janet	r=0.98	48yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Peter	r=0.98	48yrs	No
The marriage rate in Idaho	r=0.98	23yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Robert	r=0.98	48yrs	No
Master's degrees awarded in Transportation	r=0.97	10yrs	No
Burglaries in New Jersey	r=0.97	38yrs	Yes!
Cigarette Smoking Rate for US adults	r=0.97	21yrs	No
Burglary rates in the US	r=0.97	38yrs	No
The marriage rate in Alabama	r=0.97	23yrs	No
Physical album shipment volume in the United States	r=0.97	24yrs	No
Arson in Maryland	r=0.97	38yrs	No
The divorce rate in Alabama	r=0.96	23yrs	No
Arson in Nevada	r=0.96	38yrs	No
Burglaries in Kansas	r=0.96	38yrs	Yes!
The divorce rate in Florida	r=0.96	23yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Paul	r=0.96	48yrs	No
Gasoline pumped in France	r=0.96	43yrs	No
Arson in Oklahoma	r=0.96	38yrs	Yes!
Popularity of the first name Christopher	r=0.96	48yrs	No
The divorce rate in Oregon	r=0.95	23yrs	No
Pirate attacks globally	r=0.95	14yrs	No
Popularity of the first name James	r=0.95	48yrs	No
The divorce rate in Maine	r=0.95	23yrs	No
Per capita consumption of margarine	r=0.95	10yrs	No
Burglaries in District of Columbia	r=0.95	38yrs	Yes!
Air pollution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	r=0.95	44yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Joseph	r=0.94	48yrs	No
Votes for the Republican Presidential candidate in Washington, D.C.	r=0.94	12yrs	Yes!
Popularity of the first name Philip	r=0.93	48yrs	No
The marriage rate in Kentucky	r=0.93	23yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Vernon	r=0.93	48yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Leanne	r=0.92	48yrs	No
Air pollution in New York City	r=0.92	44yrs	No
The divorce rate in Wisconsin	r=0.92	23yrs	No
Air pollution in New York City	r=0.92	44yrs	No
Popularity of the first name Judith	r=0.92	48yrs	No
The number of brickmasons in Mississippi	r=0.91	20yrs	No
Burglaries in South Dakota	r=0.91	38yrs	Yes!
Google searches for 'report UFO sighting'	r=0.91	20yrs	No
Kerosene used in Brazil	r=0.9	42yrs	No
GMO use in corn	r=0.9	24yrs	No
GMO use in corn grown in Iowa	r=0.9	24yrs	No
NASA's budget as a percentage of the total US Federal Budget	r=0.89	49yrs	No
The marriage rate in Arizona	r=0.89	23yrs	No
Robberies in Virginia	r=0.89	38yrs	No
Kerosene used in Turkiye	r=0.87	43yrs	No
Robberies in Nevada	r=0.82	38yrs	No
Nokia Oyj's stock price (NOK)	r=0.76	22yrs	No
Air pollution in Chicago	r=0.76	44yrs	No
Arson in Kentucky	r=0.68	38yrs	No
Air pollution in Parkersburg, West Virginia	r=0.66	41yrs	Yes!
Freezing temperatures in Albuquerque	r=0.62	49yrs	No
Air pollution in Buffalo	r=0.62	44yrs	Yes!
Points allowed by the New York Giants	r=-0.6	49yrs	No
The number of movies Nicolas Cage appeared in	r=-0.64	44yrs	No

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^{What is Sys. Score?} You caught me! While it would be intuitive to sort only by "correlation," I have a big, weird database. If I sort only by correlation, often all the top results are from some one or two very large datasets (like the weather or labor statistics), and it overwhelms the page.

I can't show you *all* the correlations, because my database would get too large and this page would take a very long time to load. Instead I opt to show you a subset, and I sort them by a magic system score. It starts with the correlation, but penalizes variables that repeat from the same dataset. (It also gives a bonus to variables I happen to find interesting.)