ASTKOXOMY AXD METEOROLOGY. 



THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 



Tlic followinj^ catalofTiio lias l)een comitiltd expressly for the 

 •' Si-iontilic Anu'riraii," and eml)races all lliu members ol" iho .solar 

 system known up to January 1, IHGG, except those comets whose 

 elliptical orl)its have not been well ascertained. Although America 

 •was late in the fii'ld of astronomical research, she has sliared with 

 the old world the glory of .some of the grandest discoverii^s iu 

 astronomy. We can claim a new ring and .satellite to the planet 

 Saturn, eleven jjlanets, and upwards of twenty comets : — 



Name, 

 Mercury 

 Venus . 

 Earth . 

 Mars 

 Ceres 

 Pallas . 

 Juno 

 Vesta 

 Astrca . 

 Hebo . 

 Iris 

 riora 

 Metis 

 Ilj'geia 

 Parthenope 

 Victoria 

 Egeria . 

 Irene 

 Eunomia 

 Ps3'che . 

 Thetis . 

 Melpomene 

 Portuna 

 Mcussilia 

 Lutetia . 

 Calliope 

 Thalia . 

 Thcmia 

 Phocea . 

 Proserpine 

 Euterpe 

 Bellona 

 Amphitrite 

 Urnia 



Euphrosyne 

 Pomona 

 Polhymnia 

 Circe 



By whom and when discovered. Period of revolution. 



The ancients 88 days. 



" 22J " 



" 1 yr 11 m 



Piazza, at Palermo, Jan., 1801 4 yrs 7 m 



Olbcrtf, Ureuicn, March 28, 1802 4 yrs 7 m 



Uarding, Gottingeu, Sept. 1, 1804 4 yrs 4 m 



Olbers, IJremen, Dec. 2'J, 1807 3 yrs 7 m 



lleucko, Dricisicn, March 8, 1845 4 yrs 1 m 



" July 1, 1847 3 yr.s !> m 



Ilind, London, Aug. 13, 1847 3 yrs 8 m 



" " Oct. 18, 1847 3 yrs 3 m 



Graham, Ireland, April 2.), 1848. . . . . 3 yrs 8 m 



DeOasparis, Naples, April 12, 1849 5 yrs 7 m 



" " May 11, 1850 3 yrs 10 m 



Hind, London, Sept. 13, 18.J0 3 yrs 7 m 



DeGasparis, Naples, Nov. 2, 1850 4 yrs 2 m 



Hind, London, May IS), 1851 4 yrs 2 m 



DeUasparis, Naples, July 20, 1851 4 yrs 4 m 



" " March 17, 1852 5 yrs 



R. Luther, Bilk, Ger., April 17,1852. . . . 3 yrs 11m 



Hind, London, June 24, 1852 3 yrs m 



" " Aug. 22, 1»52 3 yrs m 



DcGasparis, Naples, Sept. 19, 1852. . . . . 3 yrs 8 m 



Goldschmidt, Paris, Nov. 15,1852 3 yrs 10 m 



Hind, London, Nov. 16, 1852 5 yrs 



" " Dec. 15, 1852 4 yrs 



DeGasparis, Naples, April 5, 1853 5 yrs 



Chacornac, Marseilles, April 6, 1853. ... 3 yrs 



R. Luther, Bilk, March 5, 1853 4 j^rs 



Hind, London, March 8, 1853 3 yrs 



R. Luther, Bilk, May 1, 1854 4 yrs 



Pogson, Oxford, Nov. 1, 1854 4 yrs 



Hind, London, July 22, 1854 3 yrs 



Ferguson, Washington, Sept. 1, 1854. ... 5 yrs 



Goldschmidt, Paris, Oct. 26, 1854 4 yrs 



Chacornac, Paris, Oct. 28, 1854 4 yrs 10 m 



" " April G, 1855 4 yrs 5 m 



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