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Table XV. — Continued. 

 Perturbations Due to Figure of Jupiter. 



35. Passage TJirough Jupiter s Satellite System. — Taking 

 from the above tables the solar perturbations for July 22.5 and 

 applying them to the hyperbolic elements given in Section 32, 

 I find for the elements, which represent the motion of the comet 

 at the time of its closest approach to Jupiter : 



Epoch 1886, July 22.5. 

 7r = 282° 23^ 43. ^''5 

 i2=r254 15 16. o 

 i^= 61 29 15. 2 

 e^ 1. 0124886 

 v= 0.0095882 

 A'^ 0.0210245 



This gives the date of closest approach as 



. July 20*' 5*" 6.4" 



at which time the comet was only 2.22 radii of Jupiter distant 

 from the center of that body. In other words, the center of the 

 comet was only about one and one quarter radii of Jupiter, or 

 55,000 miles, distant from the surface of that planet. The 

 comet, therefore, passed well within the orbit of the fifth 

 satellite. 



