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THE ORBIT OF NEPTUNE. 



31. Treating these equations by the method of least squares, but leaving 

 indeterminate for the present, we have the fdur normals 



1277.7LC + 935.29(10^) 350.59. s + 22.46*! + 5431.7/t -1263.39 = 



935.29 +1010.58 -190.60 + 24.58 +5178.1 -1240.38 



- 350.59 - 190.60 + 305.88 + 90.30 - 935.5 + 146.81 



22.46 + 24.58 + 90.30 +101.33 + 317.9 74.89 



(S) 



The solution of these equations gives the following values of the unknown 



quantities in terras of 



8x=+ 0.650 2.0670 

 & = + 0.0800 0.3420 

 M=+8.76 12.180 

 &fc= 3.79 7.640 



(9) 



