SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



"2d. Observations of Juno. 



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1806. Meantime. Apparent right Apparent declin. 



hrs. ascens. 



Feb. 17. 9 42' 0" 173° 46' 45" 0° 28' 32" N. 0f Juno * 



20. 10 49 47 G 54 18 



10 59 2 173 15 57 



13 12 18 173 15 15 



The following observations of Juno were made at Gottingen. 



180C. Meantime. Apparent right as- Apt. declin. 



hrs. cension. 



March 10 9 53' 56-3" K>9° 46' 54*5" 3° 41' 50\5" 



11. 10 32 22*7 169 34 18 3 51 5&5 



Dr. Gauss has likewise sent new elements of the orbit of 

 Ceres, deduced from the last opposition observed by prof. 

 Pasquieh, which the doctor means to render more correct, 

 when he has observations of this opposition on which he can 

 better rely* 



Epoch of the longitude, meri- 

 dian of Seeberg 108° 19' 34*7" 



Diurnal tropical motion •••• 770" 85' 84,., 



r Elements m 



Annual... 78 9 23 Ceres. 



. Aphelion, 1806 326 37 59 



Annual motion .....4- 2 i«g 



Ascending node, 1806 80 53 23 



Annual motion + 1*5 



Inclination of the orbit, 1806* 10 37 34 



Annual diminution 0*4 



Eccentricity, 1806 0-0783486 



Annual diminution 0*0000058 



Log. of the greater semiaxis* • 0*4420728 



To the observations of Vesta, given in our Journal, vol. 

 XVIII, p. 75> we can now add the following. 



1807. Meantime. Appartnt right as- Apparent declin. 



hrs. cension. 



April 1. 9 50' 183° 28' 12° 5' N. 



5. 11 17 2*784" 182 33 10*§2 1% 24 19*1" *2 S*5 * m 



6. 11 12 16-02*2 182 20 47*91 12 27 54*4 



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