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XLII, Intelligence and Mifcellaneous Articles. 

 September 1801. 



THE NEW PLANET. 



SlX aftronomers of Lilienthal, near Bremen, have formed 

 an affociation of twenty-four practical aftronomers, charged 

 with correfponding from different parts of Europe, and whole 

 object is to fearch for the planet fuppofed to exift between 

 Mars and Jupiter, on account of the great diftance of theie 

 two celeftial bodies. M. Bode, the well known aftronomcr of 

 Berlin, maintains that this planet to be difcovered is nothing 

 elfe than the comet feen by Piazzi. But the aflbciation are 

 not fatisfied with this idea. They have chofen as their pre- 

 fident M. Schrceter of Lilienthal ; they have divided the 

 whole zodiac among the twenty-four aflbciate correfpond- 

 ents, in order that each in his department may more eafily 

 follow the traces of the bodies, the pofition of which they are 

 defirous of afcertaining. Almoft all the aftronomers felected 

 for this employment have accepted the honourable talk im- 

 pofed on them. Their fereue hiohnefles the duke and 

 duchefs of Gotha, feconding the zealof M. Von Zach, au- 

 thor of the project, have prefented M. Wurmb, profetlbr, of 

 Blaubeuren, with all the inftruments neceffary for making 

 his obfervations. M. Sniaderly, profeffor at Cracow, could 

 not accept the part of the zodiac offered to him, becaule the 



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