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Places of the Cmnet of 1822. 



from Jupiter will be only 1.136, so that the passage through the 

 perihelium will be retarded by it more than 9 days. The par- 

 ticulars will be inserted at large in the Berlin Almanac for 1823. 

 In order to extend the calculation beyond the probable grounds 

 of uncertainty, Professor Encke has assumed two hypotheses ; 

 the one assigning a period longer by a day than the other, and 

 a mean distance greater in proportion : the corresponding ele- 

 ments are these — 



I II 



Log. mean distance 3472191 .3474613 



Longitude of the Perihelium^ 



from the mean equinox, 24 >- 157° 12' 7" 



May, 1822 > 



Longitude of the SB 334 23 40 



Inclination of the orbit 13 20 36 



Angle of eccentricity 57 38 30 



Daily motion 1069",49307 1068",59904 



