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THE SATURNIAN SATELLITE HYPERION.—Prof. Asaph Hall has investigated the elements of this satellite, first from thirty of the best observations made at Washington in 1875, and again from thirty observations by Mr. Lassell at Malta, in 1852–53. In the former case the approximate elements in Astron. Nach. No. 2137 were used in the calculation of equations of condition, which were solved by the method of least squares. The resulting orbit is as follows:—
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 20, 204–205 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020204b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/020204b0