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DETERMINATION OF ELLIPTIC ORBITS.
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VIII.

For the second hypothesis.

(aberration-constant after Struve.)

These corrections are to be added to the logarithms of in equations and the corrected equations used to correct the values of until the residuals vanish. The new values of must satisfy the relation and the corrections must be adjusted, if necessary, for this end.


Third hypothesis.

A second correction of equations may be obtained in the same manner as the first, but this will rarely be necessary.


IX.

Determination of the ellipse.

It is supposed that the values of

have been computed by equations with the greatest exactness, so as to make the residuals vanish, and that the two formulæ for each of the quantities give sensibly the same value.