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SYNOPTICAL TABLES.
| Eccentricity of orbit, annual decrease, | .0312402 |
| Longitude of perihelion, | 89° 9′ 29″.8 |
| Longitude of perihelion, annual increase, | 19″.4 |
| Longitude„ ascending node, | 111° 56′ 37″.4 |
| Longitude„ ascending node, annual decrease, | 19″.4 |
| Inclination of orbit to ecliptic, | 2° 29′ 35″.7 |
| Inclination of orbit to ecliptic, annual decrease, | 0″.155 |
| Motion, mean daily, | 2′ 0″.6 |
| Motion, in 365 days, | 12°13′36″.08 |
| Inclination of axis to ecliptic, | 31° 19′.0 |
| Rotation on axis, | 18h. 29m. 17s. |
| Revolution, sidereal, in days, | 10759.2197106 |
| Revolution, synodical, | 378.090 |
| Mean arc of retrogradation, | 6° 44′ |
| Bright ring, exterior diameter in miles, | 176,418 |
| Bright ring, breadth of exterior division, | 10,573 |
| Bright ring, interval between the two divisions, | 1,791 |
| Bright ring, exterior diameter of interior division, | 151,690 |
| Bright ring, breadth of interior division, | 17,175 |
| Bright ring, time of rotation, | 10h, 35m. 15s. |
| Dusky ring, breadth, | 6,350 |
| Dusky ring„ interval between inner edge and Saturn, | 7,460 |
| Divisions, seen by Bond, | 2 |
| Divisions discovered by Bond in the year | 1850 |
| Years in which it will reach the planet by increase of breadth of system of rings (O. Striive), | 125 |
| Breadth of whole system of rings, | 35,889 |
| Exterior division of bright ring, exterior diameter, | 40″.44 |
| Exterior division new sub-division, exterior diameter (Encke), | 37″.47 |
| Exterior division new sub-division, interior diameter, | 36″.04 |
| Divisions of exterior bright ring, seen by Kater, | 4 |
