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SYNOPTICAL TABLES.
| Observed by M. Challis, but not recognised, from Adams' indications, 4th Aug., | 1846 |
| Observed as a fixed star by Lalande in | 1795 |
| Magnitude as a star, | 7-8th |
| Disc seen with a magnifying power of | 150 |
| Distance from the Sun, mean in miles, | 2,853,420,000 |
| Distance from the Sun, mean (Earth's = 1), | 30.03627 |
| Distance from the Sun, mean in miles, maximum, | 30.29816 |
| Distance from the Sun, mean in miles, minimum, | 29.77438 |
| Eccentricity of orbit (semi-axis major = 1), | .0087193 |
| Longitude of perihehon, epoch 1854, | 47° 17′ 58″ |
| Longitude of ascending node. | 130° 10′ 12″ |
| Inclination of orbit. | 1° 46′ 59″ |
| Motion, mean daily, | 21″.6 |
| Motion in 365 days, | 2° 11′ 24″ |
| Inclination of axis to ecliptic, | unknown |
| Rotation on axis. | unknown |
| Revolution, sidereal, in days, | 60126.722 |
| Revoulution„ synodical, | 367.488 |
| Sidereal revolution, | 5d. 24h. 0m. 17s. |
| Sidereal mean distance, apparent, | 16″.75 |
| Sidereal mean distance, in miles, | 232,000 |
| Orbit inclined to plane of ecliptic. | 29° |
| Longitude of the ascending node. | 175° 40′ |
| Halley's—Time of perihelion passage, 15th Nov. 1835, | 22h. 41m. 22s. |
| Halley's longitude of perihelion, | 304° 31′ 32″ |
| Halley's longitude of ascending node, | 55° 9′ 59″ |
| Halley's inclination of orbit to ecliptic, | 17° 45′ 5″ |
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