LUNAR ELEMENTS.
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TABLE IV.
Elements of the Moon . Epoch, 1st January, 1801.(Earth ’s equatorial diameter is taken as 7925'8 miles.)
Mean longitude of moon at epoch
Ditto node .
Ditto perigee... .
Mean distance from the earth (earth’s radius 1) ...
Same in miles ... .
Maximum distance in miles
Minimum do. do. .
Eccentricity of orbit
Mean equatorial horizontal lunar parallaxMaximum do. do.
Minimum do. do.
Moon ’s mean apparent diameter.
Moon ’s diameter in miles... .
Moon ’s surface in square miles
Moon ’s diameter (earth ’s equatorial diameter as 1)
Earth ’s equatorial diameter (moon's as 1)
Moon ’s surface (earth’s as 1)
Earth ’s surface (moon’s as 1)
Moon ’s volume (earth ’s as 1)
Density (earth’s as 1)
Density (water’s as 1, and earth’s assumed =5'7)Gravity, or weight of one terrestrial pound
Bodies fall in one second in feet .
Mean inclination of orbit ... .
Maximum do. do.
Minimum do. do.
Inclination of axis
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