The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-11

Tn. comet, which We mentioned Yesterday,
was discovered by Professor Schweiser. at Mos-
COW. on tho tth of April. at which time its r. A.
was 2Ob. 3sn. Disc. north 80 a..
We also Mentioned that Nj. Chacornac, OF the
observatory at Marseiiles. had recently discovered
another ANAL planet. the Gath now known to EXIT
.om-, its r. A. was ion. 3Sn. Dec. south 90 81.
The name OF Phocea, with the symbol (2s) has
been proposed for it.
Not one OF these small planets was known to us
before the beginning OF the nineteenth century,
and only Ave, six years ago; esgM Of them were
first seen last year, viz:
The first was detected on March nth BY Pro.
fsssor Annibal de Gasparis. at Nsples, and has re-
ceived the name Psyeke. The period Of revolution
10 .S4s days, or rather five years Professor
Gauss mas shown that an estimated place of an OBJ
iect presumed to have been this planet) on the
18th of January previous by Mr.. Hind, agrees we'll
with the elements. Its planetary nature, however,
was not known to MIR. Hind until the 18th of
March, the night following the actual discovery ut
Naples.
''The second planet found by MIR. r. Luther,
at the observatory at Blk, Dusseldorf, the
18th Of April. Upon the proposition OF Professor
highlander. il has been named Ihetss. Tho revo-
luton occupies about 1926 days.
The next planet was discovered BY Mr. Hino'
and was named Msipomene by the Astronomer
Royal 1t - one of the nearest OF the group, the
period being / 1863 days, about eight weeks lees
than that of Testa.
Hind on the 22d of August, not far from the eclipnc,
in the constellation Aqssaytus. The orbit is very
little Inclined 10 that OF the Garth; the revolution
extends to about l, 1893 days.
saTbe ffth planet of 1852 was INDEPENDENTLY
discovered by Professor de Gaspars on September
10, and by NJ. Chacornac, assistant to Nj. Valz, at
Marssiiies, on the Goth Of the same month. The
inclination of the orbit to that of the ecliptic is
less than that of any other planet, Uranus not ex
cepted. Nj. ValE proposed the name Massilia for
THE object, in which Professor de Gssparis, who
has prior claim To the discovery, appears 10 have
concurred The period 10 about $50 days.
son the 18th of November a sirth planet was
found at Paris by NJ. Hermann Goldschmidt, an
historical painter, residing in that city. NJ Ara
go proposed To call il Lutet,a, Ii was rather un-
der the ninth magnitude in November, and has
now become very much fainter The revolution
occupies 400 days.
''On the night following the last discovery, NO
ysmber l6,) MIR, Hind detected new planet, with
the assistance Of one of the eclpcal starmaps, at
present IN course of publication from MIR. Bishops
observatory. 1t was not much over the tenth mag
nitude, which 10 rather be0nd the limit OF the
Berlin Chart. This planet, which performs its
journey round the sun in 1916 days, was named
oy our president Caiifope.
"rbe aghia, and last planet of 1852, was like
wiss detected BY DIR. Hind on the 18th of Deem
ber5 IL was hardly brighter than stars Of the To-
lIth magnitude, and being not very far from peri
helion, 10 probably of the faintest members of
the group. On the suggestion OF MIR. Bishop, 1t
has been named Ihalia. The PERIOD as nearly al
We can ascertain at present, Is 62I days"
By the following CATALOGUES of the "a, it appears
that eight Of these small bodies, which quite
invisible without the aid of good telescope. were
discovered by Mr.. Hind, of Mr.. Bishops private
observatory, Regents Park, London; SIR by de
Gasparis. Of Naples; two by Obers, of Bremen;
two by Hencke, Of Dresser, (Germany;) one each
by Praxsf, OF Palermo; by Harding, of Lilienthal,
(Germanyj) Graham, at Mr.. Cooper's private OBJ
seryatory, Markree Castle, Ireland; Luther at
Blk, (Germapy;) Goldschmids, at Paris; and Cha
eornac, at Marseilles.
Catalogue of small planets at present known,
between Mara and Jupiter, in the order of dis