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SYNOPTICAL TABLES.
Observed by M. Challis, but not recognised, from Adams' indications, 4th Aug., 1846
Observed as a fixed star by Lalande in 1795
Magnitude as a star, 7-8th
Disc seen with a magnifying power of 150
Distance from the Sun, mean in miles, 2,853,420,000
Distance from the Sun,— — — mean (Earth's = 1), 30.03627
Distance from the Sun, mean in miles,— — — maximum, 30.29816
Distance from the Sun, mean in miles,— — — minimum, 29.77438
Eccentricity of orbit (semi-axis major = 1), .0087193
Longitude of perihehon, epoch 1854, 47° 17′ 58″
Longitude of ascending node. 130° 10′ 12″
Inclination of orbit. 1° 46′ 59″
Motion, mean daily, 21″.6
Motion— — — in 365 days, 2° 11′ 24″
Inclination of axis to ecliptic, unknown
Rotation on axis. unknown
Revolution, sidereal, in days, 60126.722
Revoulution synodical, 367.488
NEPTUNE'S SATELLITE.
Sidereal revolution, 5d. 24h. 0m. 17s.
Sidereal— — — mean distance, apparent, 16″.75
Sidereal— — — mean distance, in miles, 232,000
Orbit inclined to plane of ecliptic. 29°
Longitude of the ascending node. 175° 40′
COMETS.
Halley's—Time of perihelion passage, 15th Nov. 1835, 22h. 41m. 22s.
Halley's— — — longitude of perihelion, 304° 31′ 32″
Halley's longitude of— — — ascending node, 55° 9′ 59″
Halley's— — — inclination of orbit to ecliptic, 17° 45′ 5″