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TABLE OF THE

Anno 1784.

Mercury.

Venus.

Earth.

Greatest possible elongation of inferiorand parallax of superior planets, - -

' 28°. 20'

47°- 4 s '

» *

Proportional mean distances from the fun

.38710

-?rzz3

1.00000

Periodical revolutionsround the fun,

87 d. 13 h. 15J m.

224 d. 36 h. 49Jm

363d. 6h.i)|m.

Diurnal rotations upojtheir axes, - -

* # #

23 h. 22 m.

23 h. 56 m. 04 f.

Inclinations of theirorbits to the eclip-tic,

7 0 . 00'

z°- rzj'

# # *

Eccentricities, or dis-tance of the centerfrom the focus, -

7960

5 10

1680

Place of the ascendingnode, - - - -

I s. 15 d. 46I in.

2 f. 14 d. 44 m.

* * *

Place of the aphelium,or point farthestfrom the fun, - -

8 f. 14 d. 13 m.

10 s. 9 d. 38 rv.

9 f. 9 d. 15J m

Greatest apparent dia-meters, - - -

11"

58"

#

Diameters in Englishmiles; that of thefun being 883,217

3.222

7.687

7.964

Mean distances fromthe fun in femidia-meters of the earth,

9210

I72IO

23799

Mean distances fromthe fun in Engliihmiles,

37.oco.coo

68.ooo.oco

95.000.000

Proportion of light,that of the earthbeing!, - - -

6.68

1.91

3.00

Proportion of bulk;that of the fun be-ing 1.38c. 000 -

tV.

8

9

I

Proportion of density ;that of the fun be-

*!>K k - - - -

2

*1

I