144 Scientific Intelligence. 
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IV. ASTRONOMY AND METEOROLOGY. 
1. New name proposed for Asteroid (60).—Mr. Ferguson, the discoverer 
of the planet (60) hitherto called Titania, has written to Mr. Hind, Su- 
perintendent of the English Nautical Almanac, stating that this name 
was proposed without remarking its previous appropriation by Sir John 
Herschel for one of the satellites of Uranus, and intimating his inten- 
tion to change it forthwith for Zcho. It is announced that this name 
will appear in the Nautical Almanac for 1865. : 
2. Llements of Asteroid (71) Niobe.—The following elements of Niobe 
were computed by F. Tietjen from observations of Aug. 14, Aug. 28 and 
Sept. 12. 
Epoch 1861. Aug. 28°0, 
L, Mean longitude at epoch, 817° 12’ 82-8 
a, Longitude of perihelion, 23) Mich MA 
Q, Longitude of ascending node, 316 11 52 °6 
a, Inclination of orbit, 23 8 34°6 
e, Eccentricity of orbit, : 071645226 
#, Mean daily motion, 780""574 
a, Semi-major axis, 2°74407 
Th 
asteroids, Pallas and Euphrosyne, having a greater inclination. ‘ 
3. Re-appearance of Encke’s Comet—Encke’s comet has again made 
TON See ap eres Cae eats Oe EM 
M. T, Cambridge. Comet’s A. R. Comet’s Dec. ‘Bie hers’ AB 
2% 15 35:06 —.3,86 +1 Ee 
23105338 | 18 24°19 -4 | —3 07 +1 15% 
dhm s hm 68 1" 
1861, Oct. 2471315 | 23 975867 | +150 97 5/7 | —18-61 +1! 53/71 
299 38 21 13 55 6 2 ? 
31958 1 
The column with the heading c-o, contains a comparison with the 
Ephemeris published in the Astronomische Nachrichten, No. 1326. 
owing ephemeris will enable observers to follow the comet's 
course without difficulty. 
Berlin 
noon. 
“ee Dec. | salen ] LA. Dec. 
Res 8 eae me m 
1862. Jan. 1/22 17 7°22 +38 7 35°8|/1862, Feb, 18,/20 2 
3 5. 88 559 22,/20 
8 Pee ha x 
49-66|-25 17 541 
20 96 
122 16 29-28/-4+9 20 88 54:11|/-25 25 16 
19/2 59 26,|20 42 41°51|-25 20 
+1 11 435 March 2,/20 51 58°-24| - 25 
1 45° 6,/21 11°99] - 24 3 
51 548 10,21 10 7-55|-94 10 81 
-4 37 298 14,/21 18 $8:15|-23 39 
-8 35 18,/21 26 41-14|-23 
-13 35 409 121 34 15-90|-22 37 12 
18 32 236 26,/21 41 2258|-22 6 2% 
E 3 80,/21 48 1:57/-21 36 
24.11 381i] April 3,121 54 13-45|-21 8 18° 
