Figure of the Orlnis of the new Planets. 32S 



draw from Westphalia exceeding all belief. They are fat- 

 tened in a very short time for the use of the navy and mer- 

 chants, who employ them on board ships for the subsist- 

 ence of the seamen, who are not supplied there with beef 

 as they are in this kingdom, while other distillers fatten 

 with this residue bullocks and cows ; and it is a circum- 

 stance worthy of notice, that cows fed with this residue 

 give a considerable quantity of milk. It is thus that the 

 Dutch distiller draws some profit from every thing; no- 

 thing is lost with him, and this economy is in general the 

 cause of the low price of geneva. 



LVII. Figure of the Orlits of the vew Planets. By 

 Jerome de Lalande*. 



1 HE mean distance from the sun, of both, is 2-77, that of 

 the sun being 1, which srlves Qb millions of miles. (See 

 Plate VIII.) 



Piazzi or Ceres, discovered Januanj I, ISOl. 



Revolution 4 years 7 months 10 days. 



Mean longitude January 1, 1804: '- 10= H° .59' 



Annual motion - - - 2 18 14 



Aphelion - - - - 10 26 44 



Node - - - - 2 21 6 



Equation of tlie orbit - - 9 3 



Eccentricity _ _ - 0-097 



Inclination - - - 10 37 



Oilers or Pallas, discovered Mardi 28, 1802. 

 Revolution 4 years 7 months 1 1 days. 

 Mean longitude January 1^ 1804 

 Annual motion - _ - 



Aphelion - - 



Node - - _ _ 



Equation of the orbit 

 ^Eccentricity _ . _ 



inclination _ _ _ 



* From the Journal tie Pbynque, Bramaire, an. \z. 



X 3 IXU\. Letter 



