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SYNOPTICAL TABLES.
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Distance, supposed planet, according to Bode's law, 2.8
Pallas, diameter in miles, 672
Pallas— — — surface (Earth's =1), 1-40th
Pallas— — — supposed density (Earth's = 1), 1
Pallas— — — gravity (Earth's =1), 1-12th
Pallas— — — length of seconds' pendulum, in inches, 3
Magnitudes through which some vary on successive nights, 9-12th
Supposed disrupted planet, according to Kirkwood's, law, diameter in miles, 5000
Supposed disrupted planet,— — — period of rotation, in hours, 57.5

JUPITER.
Volume (Earth's = 1), 1491
Mass (Earth's = 1), 338.718
Density (Earth's = 1), .227
Diameter (Earth's = 1), 11.225
Diameter— — — in miles, 92.164
Diameter— — — apparent, mean, 38″.4
Diameter apparent,— — — minimum, 30″
Diameter apparent,— — — maximum, 46″
Gravity (Earth's = 1), 2.45
Gravity feet fallen in one second of time, 39.4
Rotation on axis, 9h. 55m. 50s.
Light and heat from Sun at perihelion (Earth's = 1), .0408
Light and heat from Sun at aphelion, .0336
Light and heat from Sun at mean distance, .0372
Polar less than equatorial diameter, 1-20th
Polar less than equatorial diameter, — — — if planet were equally dense throughout, 1-10th
Magnifying power required to see the belts— — — 30
Magnifying power required to see the belts— — — well, 300