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CATALOGUE. — AS'fROJiOMV, SOLAR SYSTEM. 



ELEMENTS OF THE SOLAH. SYSTEM. 



The tun, Q, revolves on his axis in 25d. loh. The inclinition of his equator is 7° so'. The place of its ascendinf 

 node, J3, 2s 18°, or 78° from the equinoctial point Aries. His diameter is 883,000 English miles, and his density, to 

 that of the earth, as .255 to 1. His mean apparent diameter is 3l' 57" ; his mean parallax 8". 75. 



Mercury g Venus J Earth Q Mars ^ Juno fl Pallas ^ Ceres P Jupiter Tl Saturn ^ Georgia* 

 1801, Jan. 1. 1805. Jan. I. isoi. Jan. 1. planet ^ 



-^ -J< , , A ^ 



"A r- 



7O I 3° 44' I 



IS 15° 58' I 2S14°58' | 



INCLINATION OF THE ORBIT. 

 1 l°5l'l 13° 4' I 34° 38' I 10°38'1 1° lo' 



PLACE or THE ASCENDIHG NODE. 

 I IS 18° 2' I 5S21° 4' I 5S22°3l' | 2S 21° 7' | 3S 8° 25' 

 MEAN DISTANCE. 

 r 3871 I 7238 I 10000 I 15237 I 26640 | 27650 | 27070 | 5202S 

 J ECCENTRICITY. 



C 794 I 50 I 168 1 1418 1 6770 | 6800 [ 2170 ] 2*01 



MEAN DISTANCE IN MILLIONS OF MILES. 

 37 I «8 I 05 I 1^4 1 253 I 263 | 263 | 490 



PLACE OF THE APHELION. 

 8S 14° 22' 1 lOS 8° 37' I OS 9°30'|5S 2° 25' | 7s 23° 11' | lOS 1° 3'| 108 22° l6sll° 9' 



MEAN PLACE OF THE PLANET. 

 5S11°54'|0S 9°S7'|SS 9°40'|2S S° 51' I is 12° 33' I 18° 13' | IS 0°12'|3S22° 9' 

 MOTION OF THE NODE IB LONGITUDE IN 100 YEAKS. 

 1°12'| 52' I I 47' I II I 1° 



MOTION OF THE APHELION IN LONOITUDE IK 100 YEARS. 

 l034'l l°ai'| l0 44'| l"'52'| I I I 1°35' 



TROPICAL SEVOIIITION. 



87d 23h I 224d ish I ly 5h I ly 32ld I 4y 128d 1 4y 2l9d I 4y 22ld | lly 3l5d ] 29y I6id I 83y 294d 

 14' 33" I 41' 27" I 48' 48" ] 22h 18'.5 | I ' I I l*h39' j 19hl6' | 8h 39' 



2° 30' 

 3S21°57' 

 95497 

 5364 

 900 

 8S 29° 5' 

 4S15° 18' 

 SS' 



40' 

 2sl2°4l' 

 lgl83C 

 -8956 

 1800 

 llsl7°2l' 

 5S27°47' 

 26' 

 l°i28' 



SIDEREAL REVOLUTION. 



I I 1 



87d 23h I 224d 16h I ly 6h I ly32ld I 

 15'44" I 49' 11" I 9' 8" I 23h30'.6 I 



DIAMETER IN MILES. 

 3180 I 7600 I 7916 I 4120 j | | 



DIURNAL ROTATION. 



1 23h 31' I S3h56'4"|24h39'2l"| | [ 



PROPORTION OF DIAMETERS. 



] I 300:301 I 15:16 | | | 



MASS, THAT OF THE SUN BEING UNITY. 



7nis» I Tihzs I iste I II I 



DENSITY. 



I I 1000 I I I I 



MEAN APPARENT DIAMETER. 



le; 



I s" I 



I 



I 



lly 3i7d I 29y i74d I 84y agd 

 I4h27' I ih 5i' I 29' 



86000 I 79000 I 34200 



gh 5i' I loh 16' I 



12:13 I 10:11 I 



Ton I Tib I ttJw 



258 I 104 I 220 



40" I 18" I 4" 



