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SYNOPTICAL TABLES.
Greatest number of belts observed, 40
Number of permanent belts, 2
Time Cassini's spot was seen at intervals, in years, 43
Proper motion in longitude, for one revolution, of some spots,
Velocity of the wind from slower moving spots, feet in a second, 350
Velocity of wind in greatest hurricane on the earth, feet in a second, 50
Distance, east and west, of centre of disc beyond which spots are not usually visible, 1h. 27m.
Proportion of brightness at poles to that of the equator, 1-2d
Distance from the Sun, mean, in miles, (Earth's = 1), 494,256,000
Distance from the Sun,— — — maximum 5.202767
Distance from the Sun,— — — minimum, 5.453663
Eccentricity of orbit (semi-axis major = 1), 4.951871
Eccentricity of orbit— — — annual increase. .0482235
Longitude of perihelion, .000001593
Longitude of perihelion,— — — annual increase. 11° 8′ 35″
Longitude of perihelion,— — — ascending node, 6″.96
Longitude of perihelion,— — — annual decrease. 98° 26′ 19″
Longitude of perihelion,— — —|annual decrease, 34″.3
Inclination of orbit to ecliptic, 1° 18′ 51″
Inclination of orbit to ecliptic,— — — annual decrease, 0″-226
Motion, mean daily, 4′ 59″
Motion,— — — in 365 days, 30° 20′ 32″
Inclination of axis to ecliptic. 3° 5′ 30″
Mean arc of retrogradation. 9° 54′
Revolution, sidereal, in mean solar days, 4332.584821
Revolution,— — — synodical, 398.867