430 Scientific Intelligence. 



III. ASTRON-OMY AND METEOROLOGY. 



1. Name of Asteroid (se).— In vol. xxxii, p. 438, was given an 



count of the re-discovery of asteroid (sb) to which the name of PseiK 



Daphne had been provisionally given. M. Schubert has since selected 



this planet the name of Melete, daughter of Uranus. The following c 



rected elements of Melete have been furnished by R. Luther. 



Epoch 1861, Oct. 24, Oh, m. t. Berlin. 



Mean longitude at epoch, 323° 22' 52"-49 



Longitude of perihelion, 293 39 30 -00 



Longitude of ascending node, 194 24 17 -03 



Inchnation of orbit, 8 149 -05 



Excentricity, 0'2368702 



Mean daily motion, 847"-49126 



Mean distance, 0-2597G51 



When i 



opposition and at its mean distance, this plai 



lagnitude. 



2. Tke Asteroids Feronia and JViobe, — The asteroid Feronia, at first 

 numbered (72), having been discovered before Niobe, the numbers Lave 

 been changed accordingly, and Feronia is now designated by the number 

 (71), while Niobe is designated by the number (72). 



3. Name of Asteroid (73).— In vol. xxxiii, p. 436, was announced the 

 discovery of asteroid (73). To this planet has been given the name of 

 Clytia. The following elements were computed by T. H. Safford. 



Epoch 18.62, May 2d, Oh, m. t. Washington. 

 Mean longitude at epoch^ 184° 80' 53 "-6 



Longitude of perihelion, 61 11 13 -5 



Longitude of ascending node, 7 32 23 -7 



Inclination, 2 24 49 "6 



Excentricity, 0-0439797 



Mean daily motion, 815"029 



Mean distance, -2666177 



4. Discovery of Asteroid (74).— This planet was discovered by Henry 

 M. Parkhurst of New York, Sept 25, 1862. The following observations 

 have been furnished by Mr. Parkhurst. 



Wfishington m. t. App. R. A. App. Dec. 



Sept. 25, 7^46™ 23h46«n36s +1° ^' 



26, 7 42 45 59 58 



27, 8 17 45 17 61 

 29, 8 9 43 56 36 



The brightness of this planet is equal to that of a star of the eleventh 

 magnitude. ^ 



5. Discovery of Comet I, 1862.— On the 2d of Julv, M. Tempel a* 

 Marseilles discovered near ^ Cassiopeia?, a comet which 'had the bright- 

 comet was discovered at Athens bv M Schmidt Its apparent diameter 

 ^as tVom 20' to 25'. On the 3d of July, the same comk was discovered 

 4ih\!I ''^' ^''"'^ *' ^^^ Cambridge Observatory. Between the 3djnd 

 itiflg* close' proximity to the earth.'' Its'distfnce ft-'omllie earth' on thd 



