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SCENERY OF THE HEAVENS. 



There are several peculiarities belonging to these bodies. Though their dimensions are 

 not known with precision, they are very exceptionally minute, even when 

 compared with the least of the secondary bodies in the system. They deviate, also, 

 considerably from the path in the heavens described by the other planets ; so much so, that 

 the zodiac must be expanded to nearly five times its breadth, in order to include their orbits. 

 Their mean distances from the sun likewise differ very slightly, while their orbits intersect 

 one another, the most remarkable feature of their condition. The paths of Ceres and Pallas 

 cross each other, while that of Vesta cuts the orbits of the other three. These are 

 peculiarities altogether without parallel in the system. Immense intervals separate the 

 other planets, so that there is no possibility of intersection or collision, without an entire 

 derangement of the constitution of the solar universe. But interlacing periodically happens 

 with reference to the paths of these four bodies ; and it is within the limits of possibility 

 for collision to occur by the accumulation of ordinary planetary disturbances. 



To this remarkable group, forty -nine members have been added in our own day. The 

 whole are arranged below in the order of discovery. 



1. Ceres . 



2. Pallas 

 8. Juno 



4. Vesta 



5. Astraea . 



6. Hebe 



7. Iris 



8. Flora 



9. Metis . 



10. Hygcia 



11. Parthenope 



12. Victoria . 



13. Egeria . 



14. Irene 



15. Eunomia 



16. Psyche 



17. Thetis . 



18. Melpomene 



19. Fortuna. 



20. Massffla . 



21. Lutetia . 



22. Calliope . 



23. Thalia . 



24. Themis 



25. Phocea . 



26. Proserpine 



27. Euterpe . 



28. Bellona . 



29. Amphitrite 



30. Urania 



31. Euphrosyne 



32. Pomona . 



33. Polyhymnia 



34. Circe . 



35. Leucothea. 

 3G. Atalanta 

 87. Fides 



38. Lecla . 



39. I,:i titia . 



40. Harmonia 



41. Daphne . 



42. Isis 



43. Ariadne . 



44. Nysa 



45. Eugenia . 



46. Hestia . 



1801 January . . . By M. Piazzi, at Palermo, in Sicily. 



, 1802 March . . . Dr Olbers Bremen, in Lower Saxony. 



1804 September . . M. Harding Lilienthal, in Hanover. 



. 1807 March . Dr Olbers Bremen. 



1845 December . . . M. Hencke Driesen, in Prussia. 



. 1347 July M. Hencke Driesen. 



August . . . Mr Hind Mr Bishop's Observatory, Regent's Park, London. 



October . . . ,, Mr Hind Mr Bishop's Observatory. 



1843 April .... Mr Graham Mr Cooper's Observatory, Markrec, Ireland. 



. 1849 . . . . M. Gasparis the Royal Observatory, Naples. 



1850 May . . . . ,, M. Gasparis Naples. 



September . . Mr Hind Mr Bishop's Observatory. 



November ... M. Gasparis Naples. 



< 1851 May Mr Hind Mr Bishop's Observatory. 



I ,, . . . . ,, M. Gasparis Naples. 



1852 



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1853 



July 

 March . 

 April 

 June . 

 August . 

 September 



November 



December 

 April . 



May 

 November 



1854 



1855 



1856 



1857 



. i, M. Gasparis Naples. 

 M. Gasparis Naples. 

 . M. Luther Bilk, near Dusscldorff. 

 Mr Hiud Mr Bishop's Observatory. 

 . . Mr Hind Mr Bishop's Observatory. 

 . M. Gasparis Naples. 



M. Chacornac Royal Observatory, Paris. 

 M. Goldschmidt No. 17 Rue de Seine, Paris. 

 Mr Hind Mr Bishop's Observatory. 

 Mr Hind Mr Bishop's Observatory. 

 . M. Gasparis Naples. 

 M. Chacornac Paris. 

 . M. Luther Bilk. 



Mr Hind Mr Bishop's Observatory. 

 March . . . . M. Luther Bilk. 



Mr Marth Mr Bishop's Observatory. 



. . . . ,, Mr Pogson Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford. 

 . . . . M. Chacornac Paris. 

 July . . . Mr Hind Mr Bishop's Observatory. 



September Mr Ferguson Washington, United States. 



October . . . M. Goldschmidt Paris. 



... M. Chacornac Paris. 



April . . . M. Chacornac Paris. 



, M. Luther Bilk. 



October . . . M. Goldschmidt Paris. 



... M. Luther Bilk. 



January . . . M. Chacornac Paris. 



February . M. Chacornac Paris. 



March . . . . M. Goldschmidt Paris. 

 May .... M. Goldschmidt Paris. 



Mr Pogson Oxford. 



April .... Mr Pogson Oxford. 

 May . . . . M. Goldschmidt Paris. 

 June . . . . ,, M. Goldschmidt Paris. 

 August . . . Mr Pogson Oxford. 



