1802. | Account of the new 
of aftronomers ; and it is to this accurate 
and great obferver, that we fhall moft 
probably be indebted for new and inte- 
refting difcoveries relative to the nature of 
thofe ftars. The obfervations of Dr. 
Herfchel fuppofe fuch an extremely {mall 
Planet, Pallas. 
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II. Elements of Pallas, made after the 
Seeberg obfervations, continued during 
twenty-feven days. 
Epocha, 1802, March 31, 
noon, at Seebere» 
161* 12° 43%,2 
Daily mean tropical mo- 
apparent diameter of Pallas, it being, tion ! is d 757"5166 
after Profeffor Seyffer’s calculation, only Logarithm of the greater 
about one-tenth of a fecond, that it is in femi-axis i s 054472636 
itielf very wonderful, and does great ho- A phelium mils S eae Seem 
nour to the acutenefs of Dr. Herfchel, Laat refting 
_who feems to be properly calculated for Node 4 - 372° 34! 45! 
making fuch extremely minute obferva- Eccentricity a - 052591096 
tions; but, on the other fide, we cannot Jnclination a Ls me. ae Of Ae 
account for a remarkable difference in the 
meafures of Dr. Schroeter, at Lilienthal, 
from thofe of Dr. Herfchel, the former 
having found the diameter of Pallas to be 
four feconds and a half, a difference 
which is too confiderableasto be overlook- 
ed. 
APPENDIX. 
ILI. Elements of Pallas, which are not yet 
publifhed, and which we communicate 
from a letter of Dr. Gaufs to Profeffor 
Seyfler, of Gottingen, dated June 26. 
Epocha, 1802, March 13, 
noon, at Seeberg 
Mean. heliocentric Jongi-. 
: tude - - a7 262, a5 eg 
ation in Orbit etl by Afcending node ‘dhe 172° ae at ? 
Dr. Gauss, of Brunfwick. Aphelium m skgdo®, 93! HS" 
I. Elements of Pallas. Daily tropical heliocentr. 
Epocha, 1802, March 31, motion - - 769", 54:7 
noon, at Seeberg - 166° 1' 37",2 Logarithm of the greater 
Daily mean tropical mo- femi-axis - - 0,4425664. ° 
tion - Biles $00", 770 Eccentricity mh Ree 052476402 
Revolution - - 16183 days Inclination of the orbit 4a? qanena 
Logarithm of the great fe- 
mi-axis 
In order to render the finding out of 
- - ~0,4310494 Pallas more eafy for aftronomers, provid- 
Aphelium* - - 304° 36' 30” ed with large equatorial inftruments, Dr. 
Node* —- . - 372° 5° 58”  Gaufs has calculated, according to his /e- 
‘Eccentricity + = 0215708 cond elements, the following ephemeris of 
Taclination gaF gol 34",0 
its path, which has been of ule for the 
months of May and June, 1802. 
Ephemeris for Pallas Olberfiana.—Midnight at Seeberg. 
Right Afcenfion of Declination of 
Pallas. Pallas. 
4 ‘ ° ! 
18I 57 20 Ok 
182 18 21). 09 
182 41 pa Rs 
183 06 BO" 52 
183 34 20 46 
184 05 200.58 
184 37 20 28 
135 12 SO EF 
185 48 20-0 g 
186 27 19\\ 52 
ney OF Ry 37 
187 49 TH. 2 
188 32 Ig 06 
* Dr. Gaufs, in conftruéting thefe ele- the acquinoctial, but with relation to the 
ments, confidered the aphelium and the fixed ftars. 
afcending node as refting, not with regard to 
