Accelerating distance between object in blend mode

Hi,
I have two circles and have used the blend command/tool to create 20 new circles between the original two.
Does anyone know how I can change the spacing between each circle so that the spacing increases from left to right.
I have tried to illustrate the effect i want below.
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Thanks,
D

D,
Here is a new way, with true acceleration, which may be difficult to obtain with the solutions posted so far:
1) Create a vertical stroke/nofill line (you may use the Line segment Tool);
2) Effect>Distort & Transform>Transform>Scale horizontally by the percentage (120 or whatever) needed to get the right acceleration, and set the Move to the first distance and the number of copies as desired;
You may Undo and redo until you have the lines right;
3) Object>Expand Appearance, then Ungroup twice;
4) Effect>Convert To Shape, select Ellipse, and set the Absolute values to the desired Width and Height.
5) Object>Expand Appearance if you wish to have independent circles.

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